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A '''mathematical constant''' is a special [[number (nonfiction)]], usually a [[real number (nonfiction)]], that is "significantly interesting in some way".
[[File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|thumb|Diagram indicating rise in crimes against mathematical constants.]]'''Crimes against mathematical constants''' are [[Crime (nonfiction)|crimes]] against [[Mathematical constant (nonfiction)|mathematical constants (nonfiction)]] along with other aspects of [[mathematics (nonfiction)]].


== Description ==
Many branches of [[mathematics (nonfiction)]] have been exploited for criminal purposes:  arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], etc.


Constants arise in many areas of [[mathematics (nonfiction)]], with constants such as e and π occurring in such diverse contexts as geometry, number theory, and calculus.
[[Math viruses]], usually developed and committed in [[math labs]], are used in crimes against [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].


What it means for a constant to arise "naturally", and what makes a constant "interesting", is ultimately a matter of taste, and some mathematical constants are notable more for historical reasons than for their intrinsic mathematical interest.
== APTO ==


The more popular constants have been studied throughout the ages and computed to many decimal places.
'''APTO''' (the [[Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization]]) reviews all Gnomonic Registry Events (GREs) for corruption, spoofing, predatory disauthentication, [[shape theft]], startup of [[transdimensional corporations]], deadly ambiguation, and incipient unlicensed nuclear war, among other conditions.


All mathematical constants are definable numbers and usually are also computable numbers (Chaitin's constant being a significant exception).
APTO attempts to detect and prevent all instances of crimes against mathematical constants.  Nonetheless, math crimes continue, and so APTO is also a military against involved in both physical and computational combat with the [[Forbidden Ratio]], [[Gnotilus]], [[Anarchimedes]], and other [[Technical Violant|Technical Violants]] (TVs).
 
== In the News ==
 
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File:Anarchimedes constructing Lego solar system.jpg|2020: Rogue mathematician and alleged time-traveler [[Anarchimedes]] announces plans to conquer the planet Jupiter using transdimensional Lego pieces.
 
File:Complex function plot.jpg|link=Complex analysis (nonfiction)|2018: Mathematicians use [[Complex analysis (nonfiction)|Complex analysis]] to reveal new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
 
File:Hing Tong.jpg|link=Hing Tong (nonfiction)|March 3, 1987: While vacationing in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]], mathematician [[Hing Tong (nonfiction)|Hing Tong]] visits the [[Nested Radical]] coffeehouse, where he gives an impromptu lecture on applications of the Katetov–Tong insertion theorem to the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
 
File:Crossword.png|link=Crossword (nonfiction)|1923: First use of [[Crossword (nonfiction)|crossword puzzles]] powered by [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
 
File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1688: [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] publishes ''Philosophiæ Criminalis Principia Mathematica'' ("Mathematical Principles of Criminal Philosophy"). ''Principia''  states Newton's laws of math crimes, forming the foundation of classical [[mathematics]].
 
File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau.jpg|link=Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|1777: Philosopher and author [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of math criminals now coming of age."
 
File:Hilary Putnam.jpg|link=Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|Hilary Putnam]] publishes his landmark paper arguing that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical", and that we should beware the possibility of "quasi-empirical crimes".
File:Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|''[[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|[[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem]], predicts new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
File:Geometrical frustration icosahedron.jpg|link=Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Outbreak of [[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Geometrical frustration]] exposes new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
File:1969 draft lottery scatterplot.svg|link=Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|Researchers discover new vulnerabilities in [[Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|Draft lottery scatterplot]], warn that new math crimes are sure to follow.
File:Prisoner's dilemma matrix.svg|link=Game theory (nonfiction)|[[Game theory (nonfiction)|Prisoner's dilemma matrix]] latest to condemn crimes against mathematical constants.
File:Time series diagram.png|link=Time series (nonfiction)|[[Time series (nonfiction)|Time series diagram]] indicates rise in crimes against mathematical constants.
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|[[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)]] may be cover story for [[Brownian racket]], according to [[John Brunner]].
File:Georg Cantor diagonal argument.jpg|link=Georg Cantor|[[Georg Cantor]] and [[David Hilbert]] may form crime-fighting team in response to crimes against mathematical constants.
File:Anarchimedes.jpg|link=Anarchimedes|[[Anarchimedes]] acquires [[geometry solvent]], threatens to dissolve entire digits from [[Pi (nonfiction)|pi]].
File:Hypercube.svg|link=The Boxes|[[The Boxes]] fence stolen [[Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|diagrams]] for [[Anarchimedes]].
File:Benoit Mandelbrot.jpg|link=Benoit Mandelbrot (nonfiction)|[[Benoit Mandelbrot (nonfiction)|Benoit Mandelbrot]] and [[David Hilbert]] to headline benefit performance to raise awareness of Crimes against mathematical constants.
File:Cantor set (four iterations).png|link=Set theory (nonfiction)|Crime-fighter [[The Sigil (crime fighter)|The Sigil]] vows to teach math criminals a [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theory]] lesson they will never forget.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Brownian racket]] - a [[Racket (crime) (nonfiction)|criminal racket]] which uses or exploits [[Brownian motion (nonfiction)]].
* [[Cantor Parabola]] - [[mathematician]] and historian of Crimes against mathematical constants
* [[Crimes against astronomical constants]]
* [[Crimes against chemistry]]
* [[Crimes against physics]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Human Flea Circus]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Number]]
* [[Number]]
* [[Pi disaster]]
* [[Postminimalist detective]]
* [[Postminimalist detective]]
* [[Shape theft]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


* [[Aesthetics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Aesthetics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Constant (mathematics) (nonfiction)]]
* [[Crime (nonfiction)]]
* [[Illegal number (nonfiction)]] - a [[Number (nonfiction)|number]] that represents information which is illegal to possess, utter, propagate, or otherwise transmit in some legal jurisdiction. Any piece of digital information is representable as a number; consequently, if communicating a specific set of information is illegal in some way, then the number may be illegal as well.
* [[Illegal prime (nonfiction)]] -  a [[Prime number (nonfiction)|prime number]] that represents information whose possession or distribution is forbidden in some legal jurisdictions. One of the first illegal primes was found in 2001. When interpreted in a particular way, it describes a computer program that bypasses the digital rights management scheme used on DVDs. Distribution of such a program in the United States is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. An illegal prime is a kind of [[Illegal number (nonfiction)|illegal number]].
* [[Mathematical constant (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematical expression (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematical expression (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematical notation (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematical notation (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Number (nonfiction)]]
* [[Number (nonfiction)]]
* [[Pathological science (nonfiction)]]
* [[Prime number (nonfiction)]] -
* [[Real number (nonfiction)]]
* [[Real number (nonfiction)]]


== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_constant Mathematical constant] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_constant Mathematical constant] @ Wikipedia
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 20 November 2021

Diagram indicating rise in crimes against mathematical constants.

Crimes against mathematical constants are crimes against mathematical constants (nonfiction) along with other aspects of mathematics (nonfiction).

Many branches of mathematics (nonfiction) have been exploited for criminal purposes: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistics, Gnomon algorithm functions, etc.

Math viruses, usually developed and committed in math labs, are used in crimes against Gnomon algorithm functions.

APTO

APTO (the Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization) reviews all Gnomonic Registry Events (GREs) for corruption, spoofing, predatory disauthentication, shape theft, startup of transdimensional corporations, deadly ambiguation, and incipient unlicensed nuclear war, among other conditions.

APTO attempts to detect and prevent all instances of crimes against mathematical constants. Nonetheless, math crimes continue, and so APTO is also a military against involved in both physical and computational combat with the Forbidden Ratio, Gnotilus, Anarchimedes, and other Technical Violants (TVs).

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

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