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ADVENT 145

 

E-mail to Dinah Lartey 29 August 2004 09:09

Dear Dinah In the search for the Sigma Code, I suppose it was inevitable there would be nine e-mails rather than the eight previously sent. I found this today and thought that it also would be of interest to Mr Balmond.

I will now disappear back under the waters.
 
Ra-in bow good wishes to you and Cecil Balmond
David
 
 
 

STARSEEKERS

THE AGE OF ABSTRACTION

Colin Wilson

1980

Chapter Three

Page 63 6+3 = 9

"There is a simple trick involving numbers that can be guaran-teed to produce astonishment at any party. You ask someone to write down his telephone number, then to write it a second time with the figures jumbled up. Next, tell him to subtract the smaller from the larger number, and keep on adding up the figures in the answer until he has reduced it to one figure. (5019 becomes 10, which in turn becomes 1 plus 0 - that is, 1.) When he has finished, you may tell him authoritatively: 'The answer is nine.'

You can afford to be dogmatic; for the answer is always nine. It works with any set of figures, no matter how small or how large. Jumble up the figures, subtract one from the other, and the answer always reduces to 9.

I have no idea why this is so, and have never come across a mathematician who could explain it. It is just one of those peculiar properties of numbers."

"You ask someone to write down his telephone number, then to write it a second time with the figures jumbled up. Next, tell him to subtract the smaller from the larger number, and keep on adding up the figures in the answer until he has reduced it to one figure. (5019 becomes 10, which in turn becomes 1 plus 0 - that is, 1.) When he has finished, you may tell him authoritatively: 'The answer is nine.'
You can afford to be dogmatic; for the answer is always nine. It works with any set of figures, no matter how small or how large. Jumble up the figures, subtract one from the other, and the answer always reduces to 9."
 
 
 

E-mail from Maurice Cotterell dated 12 January 2004

 
Dave

Many thanks for your e-mail of the 28th. Forgive me for not getting back earlier I have been very busy. Your 99 piece was interesting, especially the telephone number enigma which I solved over Christmas and which now follows. I tried to send it earlier but the format keeps getting lost. Given that you've sent another e-mail I thought I'd better reply to the first. I won't open your latest because it has an attachment. herewith the answer to the telephone enigma:

The Telephone Number Enigma

There is an old curious enigma concerning the magical properties of the number 9
which no-one appears to be able to explain (as far as I know), at least not until now.

The enigma is this;

Write down any telephone number. Jumble up the order of the digits. Subtract the smaller number from the larger number. Add together the digits in the answer, and the result will always equal  9.

 

For example, take the telephone number 12345

Jumble-up the digits;

54321
Subtract the smaller number from the larger number,
54321
12345

Answer

41976

Result:

4 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 6 = 27,  2 + 7 = 9



The  answer to any enigma can be found more easily by studying the exception, rather than the rule. In order to solve the enigma we must first look for an exception (if any exists).

 

Example:
Take the number 77777

apply the rules

77777

Answer

00000

= Result

= 0



At first, this example appears to be an exception, the result amounts to 0 and not 9. However, the example is not a true exception to the .sum to  9ê algorithm because  it breaks both of the rules of the game À it can be argued that the digits have not been jumbled up and, moreover, that the smaller number has not been subtracted from the larger [because both numbers are of the same hierarchical value, neither is smaller or larger than the other].

This exercise informs us that for the game to prove true, in all cases, the rules of the game .must be strictly adhered toê. Which, in turn, means that the rules are essential factors in the determining the .sum to  9ê outcome. This may seem obvious, but it need not be.

GAME RULE 1: The rules of the game must be adhered to.


The Mechanics of the Base-10 numbering system

The number 9 is one of  10 numbers we use in our base-10 numbering system. Our base-10 system orders the accumulation of numbers into columns from left to right, where the column furthest to the right represents the digits that lie from 0-9. Greater accumulations of numbers call for the introduction of another, new, column to the left of the 0-9 column. When this happens, for example when the digits rise in the units column to the limit of 9, a new .tensê column needs to be created to the left. The tens column now indicates 1 and the units column 0 resulting in a  the .decimalê number of 10. Again, when the number of tens exceed 9 another new column needs to be introduced to cope with the larger number and the new column is called the .hundredsê column [for example 100 = 1 in the hundreds column, none in the tens column and none in the digits column]. The opposite applies to reducing numbers that arise due to subtraction. In this case columns reduce in number from the left.

Decimal (Base-10) Rule 1: Greater accumulations of numbers call for the introduction of another, new, column to the left of the 0-9 column and reducing numbers result in the loss of columns from the left. Hence; because there are only nine numbers (and a zero) no number greater than 9 can subsist without the introduction of a new column to the left to accommodate the larger number and no number less than 100 can subsist without the removal of one column from the left.


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The Unique properties of the number 9

Multiples of the number 9  will always compound to 9;

2 x 9 = 18 1+8 = 9
3 x 9 = 27 2+7 = 9
4 x 9 = 36 3+6 = 9
5 x 9 = 45 4+5 = 9
1 x 9 = 9

6 x 9 = 54 5+4 = 9
7 x 9 = 63 6+3 = 9
8 x 9 = 72 7+2 = 9
9 x 9 = 81 8+1 = 9
10 x 9 = 90 9+0 = 9
11 x 9 = 99 9+9 = 18 1+8 = 9
12 x 9 = 108 1+0+8 = 9 etc



This results because of the use of base 10 as a numbering system;

10-1 = 9   and, considering twice the number:
20-2 = 18, which must equal 9 + 9

In each case, any quantity of the number 9 must always compound to 9

more examples;

30-3 = 27, which must equal 9 + 9 + 9 = 27, 2+7 = 9

Consider an example of a .telephone number 10000;

Example: Telephone number 10000
Jumble digits 00001 and subtract smaller from larger
Answer 9999 compound number must sum to 9
Example: Telephone number 10000
Jumble digits 00010 explicitly recognising base 10 decimal system
Answer 9990 compound number must sum to 9
Example: Telephone number 10000
Jumble digits 00100 explicitly recognising base 10 decimal system
Answer 9900 compound number must sum to 9
Example: Telephone number 10000
Jumble digits 01000 explicitly recognising base 10 decimal system
Answer 9000 compound number must sum to 9



Decimal (Base-ten) Rule 2: Any quantity of the number 9 must always compound to 9.
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We have seen how the rule works for the number 1000. In fact, it works in the same way for any number greater than 10, using the decimal system. [Numbers less than 10 cannot be considered because an individual number cannot be jumbled prior to subtraction. It is also worth noting that numbers must be jumbled to enable one number to finish up larger or smaller than the other, which would, in turn, enable conformance with the rule of subtracting the smaller from the larger. The jumble-rule is hence, strictly speaking, not a rule in itself but will be considered as such for the purposes of explanation and analysis].
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The effect of .subtracting the smaller number from the resulting larger numberê:

Using a simple example of  a .telephone numberê of 10;

 

Telephone number 10
Jumble digits (corollary) 01 subtract smaller from larger
Answer 09



Telephone number 11 - digits cannot be jumbled, hence the number 11 cannot conform with the rules of the game [as was the case with the earlier ostensible exception of 77777].

 

Telephone number 12
Jumble digits (corollary) 21 subtract smaller from larger
21
12
09


Here, it becomes apparent  that by subtracting the smaller number from the larger number that the base 10 system produces a predictable outcome; this is because the larger number [which in this example (21)] contains two 10s and one 1. The smaller number contains the corollary, one 10 and two 1s. Each time the telephone number increases by 1 its corollary increases by a factor of 10 units.

GAME RULE 2: Digits of the original number must be jumbled.


The effect of the base-10 system when subtracting a smaller number from a larger number

 

Examples;
Telephone number 13
Jumble digits (corollary) 31 subtract smaller from larger
i.e. 31
-13

18

1+8 = 9



When the units column increases by 1 its corollary increases by 10. Because of the rule requiring the smaller number to be  subtracted from the larger the net increase in numbers must always be 10-1 = 9.

Decimal (Base-10)  Rule 4: Each time the telephone number increases by 1 its corollary increases by a factor of 10. Hence, subtraction of the smaller number from the larger number results in a product with a difference of 10-1 = 9.

 

More examples;
Telephone number 14
Jumble digits (corollary) 41 subtract smaller from larger
41
14
27

2+7 = 9

 

Telephone number 15
Jumble digits (corollary) 51 subtract smaller from larger
51
15
36

3+6 = 9

 

Telephone number 16
Jumble digits (corollary) 61 subtract smaller from larger
61
16
45

4+5 = 9


 

Telephone number 17
Jumble digits (corollary) 71 subtract smaller from larger
71
17
54

5+4 = 9

 

Telephone number 18
Jumble digits (corollary) 81 subtract smaller from larger
81
18
63

6+3 = 9

 

Telephone number 19
Jumble digits (corollary) 91 subtract smaller from larger
91
19
72

7+2 = 9

 

Telephone number 20
Jumble digits (corollary) 02 subtract smaller from larger
Answer 18

1+8 = 9



And so on.

But why does this work for large .telephone-sizeê numbers?  Taking again the example of 10000 used earlier;

10000
00001
999


Increase by 1

10001
10010


Subtracting smaller from larger

10010
10001

 9



Increase by 1 again;

10002
20001


Subtracting smaller form larger;

20001
10002

9999



Bringing the rules of the game together;

GAME RULE 1: The rules of the game must be adhered to.

GAME RULE 2: Digits of the original number must be jumbled.

GAME RULE 3: Subtracting the smaller number from the larger number within the base-10 system produces a predictable outcome.

together with the mechanics of the Base-10 system;

Decimal (Base-10) Rule 1: Greater accumulations of numbers call for the introduction of another, new, column to the left of the 0-9 column and reducing numbers result in the loss of columns from the left. Hence; because there are only nine numbers (and a zero) no number greater than 9 can subsist without the introduction of a new column to the left to accommodate the larger number and no number less than 100 can subsist without the removal of one column from the left. 

Decimal Base-ten) Rule 2: Any quantity of the number 9 must always compound to 9.

Decimal (Base-10 rule) 3: Subtracting the smaller number from the larger number within the base-10 system produces a predictable outcome.

Decimal (Base-10) Rule 4: Each time the telephone number increases by 1 its corollary increases by a factor of 10. Hence, subtraction of the smaller number from the larger number results in a product with a difference of 10-1 = 9.

Conclusion:

It can be seen that increasing any integer (larger than 10) by 1, jumbling the digits and subtracting the smaller number from the larger number must result in a net difference of 9 between the two sets of numbers. Hence,  because each telephone number is removed by at least 1 unit from its neighbour the outcome of the exercise must apply equally to all telephone numbers. Hence the outcome of the algorithm must always compound to 9. The result is determined by the rules of the game and the mechanics of the base-10 system.

Best wishes = Maurice

 

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