Addition Chart Possibilities V+N=Z 1+1=2 W=1 1+2=3 W=1 1+3=4 2+2=4 W=2 1+4=5 2+3=5 W=2 1+5=6 2+4=6 3+3=6 W=3 1+6=7 2+5=7 3+4=7 W=3 1+7=8 2+6=8 3+5=8 4+4=8 W=4 1+8=9 2+7=9 3+6=9 4+5=9 W=4 1+9=10 2+8=10 3+7=10 4+6=10 5+5=10 W=5 1+10=11 2+9=11 3+8=11 4+7=11 5+6=11 W=5 1+11=12 2+10=12 3+9=12 4+8=12 5+7=12 6+6=12 W=6 So it seems that with each even number and continuing on to the odd number after it the number of sum possibilities in the addition chart increments by one. I will attempt to form a proof for this if it is true or not true or something else. An application for this could be for determining cross domain relations for alternative route mathematics such as for logic or spoken language such as for finding how many different ways there are to form a statement or to describe an idea or question and what that could be given an exact methodology. Notice that small numbers have fewer addition chart possibilities and that the larger numbers get the more addition chart possibilities there are in sequential pairs. 1+12=13 2+11=13 3+10=13 4+9=13 5+8=13 6+7=13 W=6 1+13=14 2+12=14 3+11=14 4+10=14 5+9=14 6+8=14 7+7=14 W=7 1+14=15 2+13=15 3+12=15 4+11=15 5+10=15 6+9=15 7+8=15 W=7 1+15=16 2+14=16 3+13=16 4+12=16 5+11=16 6+10=16 7+9=16 8+8=16 W=8 1+16=17 2+15=17 3+14=17 4+13=17 5+12=17 6+11=17 7+10=17 8+9=17 W=8 1+17=18 2+16=18 3+15=18 4+14=18 5+13=18 6+12=18 7+11=18 8+10=18 9+9=18 W=9 1+18=19 2+17=19 3+16=19 4+15=19 5+14=19 6+13=19 7+12=19 8+11=19 9+10=19 W=9 1+19=20 2+18=20 3+17=20 4+16=20 5+15=20 6+14=20 7+13=20 8+12=20 9+11=20 10+10=20 W=10 1+20=21 2+19=21 3+18=21 4+17=21 5+16=21 6+15=21 7+14=21 8+13=21 9+12=21 10+11=21 W=10 1+21=22 2+20=22 3+19=22 4+18=22 5+17=22 6+16=22 7+15=22 8+14=22 9+13=22 10+12=22 11+11=22 W=11 Hypothesis: For All Z not equal to 2 If V+N=Z Then (V+1)+(N-1)=Z Given: V,N,Z,W are in the Natural Number System Proof: When Z is even then V+N / Z = 2W and when Z is odd then V+1 + N-1 = Z such that Z-1 = 2W Wednesday, November Fourth, Two-Thousand and Nine. 11/04/2009 Justin M Coslor I give my thanks to Research Scientist Wilfried Sieg at Carnegie Mellon University for training and inspiration in the Fall 1997 Humanities Philosophy Department Math in Context course. 11/13/2009 I also am grateful to Andrew J. Dougherty of the Formalized Research Database: Cluster, Study, Apply (FRDCSA) for encouragement in formalizing my experimental mathematical endeavors and to Seth Casana for proofreading this idea, and also I am thankful to Daniel Belcher for asking good questions about this idea and its possible applications and for verifying it. I also want to thank my parents for moral support.