Σ ∆n = 0

STARRING THE CIRCLE

Exploring the Balanced "Circle"lation of number sequences

Joyce P. Bowen, Ph.D.

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 STARRING THE CIRCLE
Exploring the Balanced "Circle"lation of number sequences
Joyce P. Bowen, Ph.D.
June, 2009

CONJECTURE: Any sequence of numbers placed in a circle, regardless of sign, has

increments that sum to zero with balanced binaries.

This paper is written as a companion document to my two previous publications, The

Law of Digit Balance and Ben Franklin’s Most Magical Magic Square: New Analysis,
in order to further illustrate the efficacy of Increment Analysis, the Unimath component
of Uniphysics, the Science of Synthesis. It has been found that ALL number sequences
have increments that sum to zero when zero is added to the beginning and ending of a
sequence. The reciprocals of seven, thirteen, seventeen, and other circular numbers do not
need zeros; they are naturally balanced without them, and when zeros are added, they
reveal additional balanced binaries.

In this paper, it will be demonstrated that the digits of ANY number sequence, when
placed in a circle regardless of whether positive or negative with “random” assignment,
sum to zero in all cases. In the examples please note that the iterations are color coded.
The original sequence is:

The first iteration is:

The second iteration is:

The third iteration is:

The assessment can be taken clockwise or counterclockwise. They yield opposite but
balanced results; the gold circles represent the increments between two original numbers,
and the blue circles are derived from increments between two gold circles. The white
circle numbers are derived from the blue circle increments. Though in this paper I have
only provided three iterations, I have found the system to be effective in four and five
iterations or more. In order to assess these increments, determine the numerical space
between the numbers in like colors; add the resultants to come up with balanced binaries.
For example, in the first “circle-starring,” the 1 – 9 sequence of numbers is assessed; the
increments between the numbers in the gold circles were analyzed to get the first
iteration; the blue circles to get the second iteration, and the white to get the third
iteration.

On the next page, the rules of analysis are provided for assessing increments.

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 RULES OF ANALYSIS
1. Select a number sequence and evaluate the increments between
adjacent numbers so that they become positive or negative in
relation to each other. Ignore decimal points and treat the
number as a continuous sequence. For example, the reciprocal
of seven is a series of repeating numbers 0.01428571…:
CONJECTURE
1 4 2 8 5 7 1…:

The increment between 1 and 4 is +3

“ “ “ 4 and 2 is –2
“ “ “ 2 and 8 is +6
“ “ “ 8 and 5 is –3
“ “ “ 5 and 7 is +2
“ “ “ 7 and 1 is -6

The resulting number string, therefore, is

+3 -2 +6 -3 +2 -6…
2. Isolate the resulting binary patterns and cancel them to zero,
leaving one or more remainders. In the above case, +3 -2 and –
3 +2 cancel each other, and the +6 and –6 also cancel each
other, resulting in 0.

3. To see the underlying patterns of any sequence or sequence

segment that is not a circular number, you add zeros before and
after the sequence and proceed with the methodology outlined in
number 1 above. The digits will always cancel to zero.

4. Though it is important to keep in mind that each digit is an

increment that is ten times more precise than the last in the
decimal expansion of numbers, the numbers are taken at face
value.

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 +18
-9
+9
-9
-9

-8 +0 +0
+1
+1
+0 1 +1
9
2
8 +0
+1 3
+1
+0 7 4
6 5 +1
+0
+0 +1
+1 +0

+0
+0
+0
+0

+0

1-9

Σ ∆n = 0
NUMBER SEQUENCE 123456789
1st Iteration +9 -9
2nd Iteration +9 -9
3rd Iteration +18 -18

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+2

+7
+1
+3
-2
-1

-6 -2
+2
4 3
-9 +1
6 5
+4
2 8 +3
1
-11
+3
+1
-7 -10

+8

-5
+18

Σ ∆n = 0
NUMBER SEQUENCE 3581264
1st Iteration +10 - 10
2nd Iteration +16 - 16
3rd Iteration +27 - 27

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 +1 - 4 + 3 +6 -7 + 4 -2

+20

-17

-8 +12
-16
-5

+9 +3
+7
+1 -4
-4
+26 -2 +3
-6
+4 +6 +3
-7
-12
-17
+11
-13 -16

+24

-41
+40

Σ ∆n = 0
NUMBER CIRCLE +1 - 4 + 3 +6 -7 + 4 -2
1st Iteration +24 -24
2nd Iteration +45 -45
3rd Iteration +86 -86

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+23

-10 +13
-25
-14 -6

+7
8 2 -12
+4
9
4
4
-5
+4 +0

+17
+5

-1

Σ ∆n = 0
NUMBER CIRCLE 82944
1st Iteration +11 -11
2nd Iteration +22 -22
3rd Iteration +40 -40

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As with my previous publications, it has been found that numbers are arranged in a Grand
Checkerboard of balanced positive and negative integers. Moreover, balanced numerical
binaries are characteristic of different sequences: each one has its signature pattern,
which can be called a Phantom Value. The Phantom Value of a sequence is the balanced
binary that results, i.e., +12 -12, +4 - 4, +45 -45, etc. These numbers have meaning,
and it will be interesting to note the relationship between the Phantom Values and the
number sequences they represent on an operational level.

Why is it important to know that number sequences are balanced, and that the increments
reveal Phantom Values? The answers to these questions remain to be determined, but
these ideas do provide evidence of a beautiful, non-random, numerical homeostasis
extant in mathematics.

+AB -AB

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number theory

all number sequences, when

placed in a circle regardless
of sign,
have increments that
sum to zero
copyright 2009 Joyce P. Bowen
All Rights Reserved
Cover Illustration by Yaounde Olu