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Algebra/Mirrored Numbers - (Exact Replica of the Number) - Optics & Real Life Use ?

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Dear David

What i observe by looking at the Numeric Whole Numbers(Integers) in Mirror (Glass) Object are the Mirrored Numbers (Exact Replica of the Number as seen in Mirror)

0,1,8,11,88,101 .... series. (I am considering Number One shape as a Vertical Line)

Similar to applications of prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers in real life,this series could be useful in physics - optics, real life etc ?

Note :

Non Mirrored Numbers series will be :

2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,12,13 ....

Reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number

Can this be considered a new class/set of number series similar to even, odd, prime, Fibonacci etc  ?

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar

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Hello Prashant,

You can definitely say it is a series (whether it's new or not, it's hard to say). Unfortunately it is unlikely that it may be of any interest to a field like physics (or even math) because it is based solely on the APPEARANCE  of the numbers. If different symbols were used to represent numbers, the series would have no meaning.

Cheers,
David

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