In the computer game Riven, 5 is considered a holy number, and is a recurring theme throughout the game, appearing in hundreds of places, from the number of islands in the game to the number of bolts on pieces of machinery. The Garden of Cyrus (1658) by Sir Thomas Browne is a Pythagorean discourse based upon the number 5. The holy number of Discordianism, as dictated by the Law of Fives. The number of Justices on the Supreme Court of the United States necessary to render a majority decision. The number of dots in a quincunx. The number of permanent members with veto power on the United Nations Security Council. The number of sides and the number of angles in a pentagon. The number of points in a pentagram. The number of Korotkoff sounds when measuring blood pressure
The drink Five Alive is named for its five ingredients. The drink punch derives its name after the Sanskrit पञ्च (pañc) for having five ingredients. The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989. The Inferior Five: Merryman, Awkwardman, The Blimp, White Feather, and Dumb Bunny. DC Comics parody superhero team. No. 5 is the name of the iconic fragrance created by Coco Chanel. The Committee of Five was delegated to draft the United States Declaration of Independence. The five-second rule is a commonly used rule of thumb for dropped food. 555 95472, usually referred to simply as 5, is a minor male character in the comic strip Peanuts.
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  , can be represented in five-dimensional complex space and projected in the same number of dimensions as a ball rolling on top of another ball, whose motion is described in two-dimensional space.