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> The precise explanation is complicated, but hinges on the fact that 163 is what is called a Heegner number.

These are the nine Heegner numbers: 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 19, 43, 67, 163

Here is a python session:

  >>> import gmpy2
  >>> gmpy2.get_context().precision=1000
  >>> pi = 2*gmpy2.acos(0.)
  >>> f = lambda i : gmpy2.exp(pi * gmpy2.sqrt(i))
  >>> f(163)
  mpfr('262537412640768743.99999999999925007259719818568...
> Or take the mathematical relationship fancifully known as “Monstrous Moonshine.”

I wouldn't qualify this as a near miss... This relationship has been shown to hold exactly. I guess in this equation "196,884 = 196,883 + 1", the +1 looks like a glitch, but if you look at the larger pattern it is not a glitch.




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