Regarding the equation
13! + 288^2 = (288*274)^2
a further rumination. On the eighth day of Chanukkah.
Note that one number stays the same in the transition from the alternate to the current Universe. This is the number 274, which therefore is even more fundamental than the number 288, or the age of the Universe.
The number 274 is very close to double the inverse of the fine-structure constant. As Max Born said: "The fact however that alpha has just its value 1/137 is certainly no chance but itself a law of nature. It is clear that the explanation of this number must be the central problem of natural philosophy." I think we found part of the explanation of this number, and it is Jewish.
