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Numerology
is any of many systems, traditions or beliefs in a mystical or
esoteric relationship between numbers and physical objects or living
things.
Numerology and numerological
divination were popular among early mathematicians, such as Pythagoras,
but are no longer considered part of mathematics and are regarded as
pseudomathematics by most modern scientists. This is similar to the
historical development of astronomy out of astrology, and chemistry
from alchemy.
Today, numerology is often
associated with the occult, alongside astrology and similar divinatory
arts. The term can also be used for those who, in the view of some
observers, place excess faith in numerical patterns, even if those
people don't practice traditional numerology. For example, in his 1997
book Numerology: Or What Pythagoras Wrought, mathematician Underwood
Dudley uses the term to discuss practitioners of the Elliott wave
principle of stock market analysis.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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