Favourite irrational numbers: phi, the most irrational of all numbers, and of course pi - because I like circles
.Preferred numbers in everyday life: primes.
Otherless it would be 597. I found a small metal plate in 1985 with these digits stamped into it... but I don't want to elaborate on the reason why I like it so much as I'm afraid it would de-mystify the magic.

My favorite number is 7, with 13, 3, and 9 following behind. These are magic numbers. 7 is also my personal lucky number. I want to get married on 3/7/13 (or 7/3/13, I suppose, or 9/7/13 or 7/9/13, ect.).
The only thing that could make the above post better would be Hyke having 333 posts. I'm going to wait for that moment and come back for another screenshot.

But in reality, I've a curious fascination for powers of two: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536...I don't know why I have the sequence stuck in my head, but it's there. Perhaps that makes it my "favorite number series" -- as if that gives much meaning.
Maybe it's that story of the guy who wanted payment in grains laid on a chessboard - 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048572, 2097144 etcetera...
1066 & 4711 is numbers I like too.




I always preferred even numbers to odd numbers.
I don't "get" 1729, but I LOVE 42. Ever since I read A Hitchhiker's Guide, I've loved 42, and I look for it everywhere. I SCREAMED at the top of my lungs when I saw a schoolbus with the number 42, I was that happy about it. 
Speaking of schoolbus numbers, when I first rode the bus I was scared of not remembering my bus number, which was 53. Then my dad told me "53+53+1=107". Because of the seven in 107, I have never since forgotten my bus number. My mom (the most NT of anyone in my family) cannot understand this at all. She thought the equation would confuse me.
Also, ever since Daniel Tammet said that 284 is an ugly number, I think of it as un ugly number as well, along with 28 and 84 (through their association with 284).

13 is my favourite number too. I gathered that as it's unlucky for so many people, it must be lucky for some. Plus Pythagoras said that it is the most dynamic number.
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196 does not form any palindromes at all.
There are many of these Lychrel Numbers that have vexed many of us number buffs. Enjoy!!
AFAIK it is unknown whether Lychrel Numbers really NEVER build a palindrome. It's one of unsolved mathematical problems - there is no clear proof to it.
