R-3046

 Relic #:  R-3046

 Safety class:  Γ (can change things around where it is written)

 Effect class:  Conceptual, Physical, Memory-affecting

 Physical description:  A 2223-digit negative integer.

 Anomalous properties:  As soon as R-3046 is entered on any format other than speech and thought, it exhibits an anomalous effect. Random numerical quantities will be changed by some increment, noted to never exceed pi.

As these changes occur, they will be retroactively realized in R-3046's vicinity. For example, if a die is rolled and yields the number 6, this number could be changed to 5.7777 or 2.213. Measurements are also affected.

R-3046's last digit, now designated R-3046-1, is not known to exist in baseline reality. The digit frequently manifests as the number "ide" and even after the removal of R-3046, R-3046-1 will be an existing quantity for up to 12 minutes, being valued between existing numbers.

As these changes progress, the area in which R-3046 was written will become more and more conceptually vague. Observers will not be able to recount numerical quantities and erroneous mathematical results like "2+2 = 5" will manifest.

After removal, the area of effect of R-3046 will be conceptually non-existent, physically existing but such that all accounts show it as a void. All previous mathematical skill will be replaced with skill in the erroneous mathematics R-3046 creates and R-3046-1 will be forgotten if one has observed it or seen a quantity equal to it.

 Special safety notes:  As R-3046 cannot be contained directly, an etching of its digits is to be kept in an isolation chest. Anybody witnessing this etching without proper authorization is to be removed from the premises and their memory is to be erased.

 History:  R-3046 was discovered as the sum of the reciprocals of the "Aldner numbers", numbers of a sequence similar to the Fibonacci sequence but [FURTHER INFO IS RESTRICTED TO AUTHORIZED MATHEMATICIANS] square roots.

[REDACTED] discovered the result as an undergraduate. They published a paper listing its full digits, thus causing an outbreak.

 Addenda:  Further research shows that R-3046 is not equal to itself, along with other contradictions. For example, R-3046 has been demonstrated to be both prime and composite. Further research is still ongoing.