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* '''Giving math a will of its own:''' The mere presence of some mathematical statement on paper or in someone's mind has some effect on its surroundings -- discoverers [[Go Mad From the Revelation|immediately go insane]], or logical reasoning ceases to work in its presence.
Such "magical math" (or "mathemagic" or "[[Whatevermancy|Mathamancy]]") doesn't have to be connected to any aspect of reality, so it will [[E
On the flip side, writers will occasionally make [[Ritual Magic|systems of magic]] [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic|describable through math]], [[Fantastic Science|much like their physical science counterparts]]. This use of math is more readily justified, though usually still not explained in sufficient detail to make mathematical sense.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The ''[[
** Bonus points to the Master for destroying an ''entire quarter of the Universe'' by killing a couple of the guys doing the math.
** A more abstract example is seen in the episode "The Shakespeare Code"; the Carrionites use words as magic, like witches, and the Doctor explains this as completely non-magical by comparing it to mathematics on earth; "With the right string of numbers you can split the atom!" Except, of course, that saying the number out loud will not cause an atom to spontaneously divide in two.
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