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I challenge all of you XENners to find mathematical objects that bear some relation to hemipyth's ratios.
NO I AM NOT STARTING A CULT
 
==Not coincidences==
I'm going to start.
* The 24-cell with side length 1: it only has lengths of sqrt(1), sqrt(2), sqrt(3), and sqrt(4) between any two distinct vertices.
* The 24-cell with side length 1: it only has lengths of sqrt(1), sqrt(2), sqrt(3), and sqrt(4) between any two distinct vertices.
** 96 sqrt(1) lengths, 72 sqrt(2) lengths, 96 sqrt(3) lengths, 12 sqrt(4) lengths
** 96 sqrt(1) lengths, 72 sqrt(2) lengths, 96 sqrt(3) lengths, 12 sqrt(4) lengths (all 3-smooth numbers!)
** Total edge lengths are 96, total area is 24*sqrt(3), total cell volume is 8*sqrt(2), total volume is 2.
** Radius of sphere touching the middles of all the cells is sqrt(2)/2 or sqrt(1/2)
** Radius of sphere touching the middles of all the faces is sqrt(6)/3 or sqrt(2/3)
** Radius of sphere touching the middles of all the edges is sqrt(3)/2 or sqrt(3/4)
** Radius of sphere touching the vertices is 1 or sqrt(1)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMkIiFs35HQ Matt Parker calling 2 and 3 subprimes] and 2 and 3 literally forming the bedrock of almost every 'natural' JI system (I agree with him)
* The truncated Spiral of Theodorus up to the 1-sqrt(3)-2 triangle
* Trigonometric ratios (Note the denominators of the sine and cosine fractions are all 3-smooth!):
** sin(pi/6) = cos(pi/3) = sqrt(1)/2 = 1/2
** sin(pi/4) = cos(pi/4) = sqrt(2)/2
** sin(pi/3) = cos(pi/6) = sqrt(3)/2
==Coincidences==
* EulerGamma ≈ 1/sqrt(3)
* QPochhammer[1/2] ≈ 1/sqrt(12)

Latest revision as of 01:45, 26 April 2025

NO I AM NOT STARTING A CULT

Not coincidences

  • The 24-cell with side length 1: it only has lengths of sqrt(1), sqrt(2), sqrt(3), and sqrt(4) between any two distinct vertices.
    • 96 sqrt(1) lengths, 72 sqrt(2) lengths, 96 sqrt(3) lengths, 12 sqrt(4) lengths (all 3-smooth numbers!)
    • Total edge lengths are 96, total area is 24*sqrt(3), total cell volume is 8*sqrt(2), total volume is 2.
    • Radius of sphere touching the middles of all the cells is sqrt(2)/2 or sqrt(1/2)
    • Radius of sphere touching the middles of all the faces is sqrt(6)/3 or sqrt(2/3)
    • Radius of sphere touching the middles of all the edges is sqrt(3)/2 or sqrt(3/4)
    • Radius of sphere touching the vertices is 1 or sqrt(1)
  • Matt Parker calling 2 and 3 subprimes and 2 and 3 literally forming the bedrock of almost every 'natural' JI system (I agree with him)
  • The truncated Spiral of Theodorus up to the 1-sqrt(3)-2 triangle
  • Trigonometric ratios (Note the denominators of the sine and cosine fractions are all 3-smooth!):
    • sin(pi/6) = cos(pi/3) = sqrt(1)/2 = 1/2
    • sin(pi/4) = cos(pi/4) = sqrt(2)/2
    • sin(pi/3) = cos(pi/6) = sqrt(3)/2

Coincidences

  • EulerGamma ≈ 1/sqrt(3)
  • QPochhammer[1/2] ≈ 1/sqrt(12)