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The Valenzetti Equation is the mathematical equation developed by the reclusive Princeton University mathematician Enzo Valenzetti. Its creation was the result of efforts made following the Cuban Missile Crisis by the United States and the Soviet Union to find a solution to the hostility and danger of imminent global disaster created by the Cold War. The equation was secretly commissioned through the UN Security Council and is used to predict the time of human extinction.
Wikipedia An article was posted at Wikipedia about The Valenzetti Equation and Enzo Valenzetti and was subsequently cited by Speaker as "VERY accurate", indicating it is a legitimate part of the LOST Experience.
This was the part about the Valenzetti Equation:
Valenzetti
Though shrouded in mystery, this much is known about the Valenzetti Equation: it is a
mathematical calculation designed to predict nothing less than the exact number of years
left before the extinction of the human race. Although little is known about the
circumstances leading to the creation of the equation, mystery novelist Gary Troup put
forward an interesting theory in his sole non-fiction book "The Valenzetti Equation"
(a fair-to-middling tome which owes as much to popular conspiracy fiction as it does to
higher mathematics).
According to Troup—whose research is primarily based on interviews with "UN members"
willing to break their non-disclosure agreements, and recently declassified Soviet
files—the equation was the end result of a study commissioned by the United Nations
following the Cuban Missile Crisis. With their respective nations having just faced the
very precipice of mutually-assured destruction, the United States and Soviet Union—under
the auspices of the Security Council—secretly sought Valenzetti out as a disinterested
third party and charged him with the creation of an infallible mathematical algorithm for
the prediction of Armageddon.
Less than a year later, Valenzetti returned with his eponymous equation—which, reportedly,
is not unlike the Drake Equation (sometimes mistakenly referred to as the "Sagan Equation"),
but far greater in complexity. Because of the conditions of secrecy under which
Valenzetti produced his work, the totality of the equation has never been brought to light,
nor has his final tally for the number of years left before the human race extinguishes
itself with nuclear fire. Compounding the mystery is Valenzetti's steadfast refusal
to discuss his work (he is best known for allegedly torching his proof of Fermat's
last theorem after it was verified by a group of colleagues). Valenzetti’s mysterious
death and Gary Troup's disappearance (and presumed death) on Oceanic Airlines flight 815,
which was lost over the pacific on September 2004.
42 is one of the Numbers
-42 is the number of cells in Connect Four.
-42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything, in Douglas Adams' novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
-The query "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" into Google (without the quote marks), produces the answer 42 by Google calculator.
-42 is Fox Mulder's apartment number on The X-Files. Mulder also mentioned he saw Plan 9 From Outer Space 42 times on one episode.
-42 is a game for four players played with dominoes.
-42 is the number of the students participating in the fictional Battle Royale program, where the students must kill each other. The program usually takes place on an island.
-In a Pine-Sol commercial, the last winning lottery number announced when the commercial begins is 42.
-42 is the name of one of the episodes of the new Doctor Who series which aired in the UK on 12th May 2007
-42 appears in many of the works of Lewis Carrol (Alice in Wonderland), and is thought to hold a special importance to him.
-42 appears multiple times in Disney/Pixar's movie Finding Nemo. There is a forgetful blue fish named Dory who is known for remembering the address of the dentist's office where Nemo is held captive in a fish tank. Dory's famous line: "P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney".
-In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet was to drink a potion which made her appear dead for 42 hours.
-In ancient Egypt, the 42 Principles of Ma'at were an important moral code, similar in many ways to the Ten Commandments.
-42 Isis is a Main Belt asteroid named for the Egyptian goddess.
-Air force plant 42 is located in Palmdale, California.
-In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the "oldest rule in the book" is rule 42: "All persons more than a mile high to leave the court."
-In House MD, House says his lucky number is 42
-In the J.J. Abrams produced monster movie Cloverfield, the beginning and end of the movie take place at 6:42 AM.
