Physics
Speed of light: c = 2.997925E8 m/s Electron charge: e = 1.6021E-19 Cb Electron mass: m = 9.11E-31 kgr Faraday's constant: F = 9.6487E4 Cb/mol Plank's constant: h = 6.6256E-34 J sec Rydberg constant: R = 1.097373E7 1/m Bohr radius: ao = 5.29167E-11 m Gravitational constant: G = 6.67E15 n m^2 / kg^2 Permitivity of free space: eo = 8.85E-12 Cb^2/ Nm^2 Permeability of free space: mu o = 4*piE-7 N/A^2
Chemistry & Thermodynamics
Avogadro's constant: Na = 6.02252E23 1/mol Boltzman's constant: k = 1.380622E-23 J/'K Universal gas constant: R = 8.3143 J / 'Kmol
Earth Science
Mean distance of Earth to Sun: 1.5E14 m Mass of the Sun: 1.99E30 kgr Mass of the Earth: 5.97E24 kgr
Density rho = 1.225 kgr/m^3 Temperature = 288.2 'K Pressure = 101300 Pa Viscosity = 1.79E5 Nsec / m^2
Air
Molecular mass: 28.967 Gas constant: 287 J/ kgr'K cp = 1004 J/ kg'K (at 25'C) gamma = 1.4 (at 25'C)
Water Vapor
Molecular mass: M = 18.015 Gas constant: R = 461.5 J/kgrK cp = 1866 J/kgrK (at 25 'C) gamma = 1.33 (at 25 'C) Triple point: 273.16 'K
Electron charge,: e = 1.6021E-19 Cb Electron mass: m = 9.11E-31 kgr Faraday's constant: F = 9.6487E4 Cb/mol Plank's constant: h = 6.6256E-34 J sec Rydberg constant: R = 1.097373E7 1/m Bohr radius: ao = 5.29167E-11 m Gravitational constant: G = 6.67E15 n m^2 / kg^2 Permitivity of free space: eo = 8.85E-12 Cb^2/ Nm^2 Permeability of free space: mu o = 4*piE-7 N/A^2
Avogadro's constant: Na = 6.02252E23 1/mol Boltzman's constant: k = 1.380622E-23 J/'K Universal gas constant: R = 8.3143 J / 'Kmol
Mean distance of Earth to Sun: 1.5E14 m Mass of the Sun: 1.99E30 kgr Mass of the Earth: 5.97E24 kgr
Density rho = 1.225 kgr/m^3 Temperature = 288.2 'K Pressure = 101300 Pa Viscosity = 1.79E5 Nsec / m^2
Molecular mass: 28.967 Gas constant: 287 J/ kgr'K cp = 1004 J/ kg'K (at 25'C) gamma = 1.4 (at 25'C)
How much of the "math" used on the TV show Numbers is real?
A few bombs go off and the math professor says something like "We can use a Zygnerskie-Humplemeyer algorithm to predict where the next bomb might be." It's a great show, but is this stuff for real?
Several mathematicians work as consultants for each episode. Actual mathematics is presented in the show; the equations on the chalkboards are real, and they are indeed applicable to the situations presented in each show. This phenomenon has been recognized by working mathematicians.
The article "Numb3rs gets the math right", published by the Mathematical Association of America and the January 21 issue of Math Games in which Ed Pegg, Jr. discusses related issues, e.g. Bayesian search theory, graph theory, combinatorics. However, at least one mathematician consultant to the show has expressed concern with its use of math and the failure to integrate consultants at various stages in each episode's development with the relationship between Charlie Eppes and his graduate student Amita Ramanujan.
To assist the FBI in the show, Professor Charlie Eppes has invoked the following mathematical disciplines (among others): cryptanalysis, probability theory, game theory, partial differential equations, decision theory, graph theory, data mining and astrophysics.