Number Gossip
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Unique Properties of 1079
- 1079 is the maximum number of 10th powers needed to sum to any number
- 1079 is the smallest composite number such that exactly ten distinct permutations of its digits are prime
Common Properties of 1079
A positive integer greater than 1 that is not prime is called composite.
Composite numbers are opposite to prime numbers.
The number n is deficient if the sum of all its positive divisors except itself is less than n.
Compare with perfect and abundant numbers.
The number n is evil if it has an even number of 1's in its binary expansion.
Guess what odious numbers are.
A number is odd if it is not divisible by 2.
Numbers that are not odd are even. Compare with another pair -- evil and odious numbers.
A number is said to be square-free if its prime decomposition contains no repeated factors.
The next Ulam number is uniquely the sum of two earlier distinct Ulam numbers.