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Zero has a negative flavor in the worlds of computing, experimental science and statistical mechanics.

Featured article 0.999...An infinitely long way to write 1.
2 + 2 = 5...or perhaps it equals 1984...
616 (number)The realnumber of the beast?
Belphegor's prime1 followed by 13 zeros followed by 666 followed by 13 zeros followed by 1.
Bertrand's postulateDespite now being a theorem, still conventionally called a postulate.
Calculator spellingRemember these from school?
The Complexity of SongsA treatise on the computational complexity of songs by venerable computer scientist Donald Knuth.
Erdős–Bacon numberA combination of the degrees of separation from actor Kevin Bacon and mathematician Paul Erdős.
Extravagant numberDon't take it shopping. Not very friendly with the frugal number either.
Graham's numberA number so large that the observable universe is not big enough to write it in full in decimal notation. And that is a gross understatement.
Happy numberNot just a cheery song on the radio.
HexakosioihexekontahexaphobiaFor beastly people bored of triskaidekaphobia.
Hilbert's paradox of the Grand HotelA fully occupied hotel cannot accommodate any more guests. Or can it? Or, once it can, can it not?
Illegal numberDoes the US government forbid knowledge of the existence of certain numbers?
Illumination ProblemA room with a bit of a shadow.
Indiana Pi BillA notorious attempt to legislate the value of pi as 3.2.
Infinite monkey theoremAn infinite number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of typewriters will (almost surely) produce all possible written texts.
Interesting number paradoxEither all natural numbers are interesting or else none of them are.
Legendre's constantAfter 91 years and much effort, this legendary constant was found to be ... 1. Just 1.
Look-and-say sequenceAlso known as the Cuckoo's Egg.
Mathematical fallacyTrying to prove that 2 = 1 or that 1 < 0.
Mathematical jokeComplex numbers are all fun and games until someone loses an i. That's when things get real.
Monty Hall problemThe counter-intuitive way to prevail when playing Let's Make a Deal.
Narcissistic numberThe pluperfect digital invariant says "Count me in"!
Nothing up my sleeve numberA number which is "above suspicion".
Numbers station[Six bars of The Lincolnshire Poacher play]  "¡Atención! ¡Atención! One, four, seventeen, twenty-four..."
Minkowski's question mark functionA function with an unusual notation and possessing unusual fractal properties.
Ramanujan summationNumberphile made a real Parker Square of it, on .
Schizophrenic numberCan numbers have mental disorders?
Sexy primePrime numbers that differ from each other by sex. Er... six.
Six nines in piA mathematical coincidence, the sequence "999999" appears a mere 762 digits into the decimal expansion of pi.
Spaghetti sortAn algorithm for sorting rods of spaghetti.
Taxicab numberNever tell a Numberphile that a number is uninteresting.
TetraphobiaSometimes found in conjunction with triskaidekaphobia (see below) in East Asian cultures. More prevalent in Japan, where 49 is associated with "suffering until death".
TriskaidekaphobiaNo, it's not related to the Code of Hammurabi. No, it's not always considered unlucky. Yes, space exploration has been touched by it.
Ulam spiralA bored mathematician discovers an unusual numerical pattern while doodling.
UndecimberIn Java, the thirteenth month of the year.
Vampire numberIntegers with real bite; some even have multiple pairs of fangs.
Will Rogers phenomenonWhen moving an element from one set to another set raises – counter-intuitively – the average values of both sets. Also known as the Will Rogers paradox.
ZenzizenzizenzicYou know how x3 is called "x cubed"? Well, x8 is called...
ZerothAn ordinal number popular in computing and related cultures.

Dates and timekeeping

A soon-to-be bye-bye pi pie.
Don't panic – it's Towel Day.
11:11 (numerology)The time where all 4 digits are 1s
Ruth BelvilleShe followed her parents in the business of selling people Greenwich Mean Time.
ChrismukkahA fictional Christmas-Hanukkah hybrid, popularized by the television show The O.C.
FestivusDecember 23: Holiday celebrated by the Costanza family on the television show Seinfeld, since appropriated by many.
International Talk Like a Pirate DayShiver my timbers (a-harrr!) every September 19.
List of non-standard datesIncluding, among other things, January 0, February 30, and May 35.
ManhattanhengeTwice every year, the setting sun aligns with Manhattan's street grid.
Mole DayThe Avogadro constant is celebrated on October 23rd starting at exactly 6:02 am.
Phantom time hypothesisA theory by Heribert Illig that the Early Middle Ages (614–911) never occurred. Therefore, it is now 1723 rather than 2020.
Pi DayThe day – March 14 – on which the constant π is celebrated.
Tau DayThe day – June 28 – on which the constant 𝞃 is celebrated.
Square Root DayAny date when the day and month are both the square root of the last two digits of the year (the next being 5th May 2025).
Star Wars DayMay the 4th be with you.
Towel DayDon't forget to bring a towel, terrible or otherwise.
WintervalA word created as an alternative name for all the holidays at the end of a calendar year. It came to prominence after Birmingham City Council (the English city) used it in 1998.
Year 2000 problemA possible computing problem in the 1990's that may occur when the 21st century and 3rd millennium has arisen.
Year 2038 problemThe computing problem that will arise due to the Unix time representation used in many computers.
Year 10,000 problemThe collective name for all potential software bugs that will emerge as the need to express years with five digits arises.
Year zeroWas there a year between 1 BC and AD 1?

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