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//THETA PRIME//
The Equation for the Secret Number was first discovered by an alert field staff member of the Special Containment Procedures (SCP) agency. It was written on a discarded, irregularly-torn napkin in a pub in an unknown university town in the late 1960s or early to mid 1970s. The Equation appeared as a field of complex mathematical symbols ranging from simple layman-identifiable representations to those only interpretable by highly-trained mathematicians. Professor Laszlo Bleem discovered that the sum of the symbols was equal to a previously unknown prime integer (designated Theta Prime or Θ) of intermediate value between 1 and 20.
As all modern mathematical calculations were performed lacking the knowledge or use of Theta Prime, its introduction into any system organized without it began eroding the numerical and eventually structural integrity of said system. This effect extended to the Equation's transfer to any computing or recording device it is input into. If inscribed on any other material, the Equation faded into unintelligibility in precisely 2560 seconds (42 minutes 40 seconds). In addition, the Equation had shown an ability to "leap" from a paper-like material (defined as paper, vellum, papyrus, or canvas) to a manufactured or electronic material which it could destabilize, requiring the institution of a 30 meter safe distance for electronic devices.
There was no safe form for electronic storage of the equation, so a few of the operational research projects involving it were dedicated to finding such a method for electronic storage. The rest were dedicated to the application of Theta Prime as a neutralizing factor for machine logic-based objects. Clarifying commentary from Professor Bleem during the Equation's can be found in Document 033-A:
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The Equation for the Secret Number was first discovered by an alert field staff member of the Special Containment Procedures (SCP) agency. It was written on a discarded, irregularly-torn napkin in a pub in an unknown university town in the late 1960s or early to mid 1970s. The Equation appeared as a field of complex mathematical symbols ranging from simple layman-identifiable representations to those only interpretable by highly-trained mathematicians. Professor Laszlo Bleem discovered that the sum of the symbols was equal to a previously unknown prime integer (designated Theta Prime or Θ) of intermediate value between 1 and 20.
As all modern mathematical calculations were performed lacking the knowledge or use of Theta Prime, its introduction into any system organized without it began eroding the numerical and eventually structural integrity of said system. This effect extended to the Equation's transfer to any computing or recording device it is input into. If inscribed on any other material, the Equation faded into unintelligibility in precisely 2560 seconds (42 minutes 40 seconds). In addition, the Equation had shown an ability to "leap" from a paper-like material (defined as paper, vellum, papyrus, or canvas) to a manufactured or electronic material which it could destabilize, requiring the institution of a 30 meter safe distance for electronic devices.
There was no safe form for electronic storage of the equation, so a few of the operational research projects involving it were dedicated to finding such a method for electronic storage. The rest were dedicated to the application of Theta Prime as a neutralizing factor for machine logic-based objects. Clarifying commentary from Professor Bleem during the Equation's can be found in Document 033-A:
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