Number Gossip
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Unique Properties of 36
- 36 is the smallest number out of two (the other being 360) that have the same number of letters in its Roman representation as its double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple and septuple
- 36 is the smallest number (besides 1) which is both square and triangular
- 36 is the smallest square that is the sum of a twin prime pair: 17 and 19
- On the piano, 36 is the number of black keys
- 36 is the smallest number containing all the digits when raised to the 10th power
- 36 is the smallest number n such that n and 2n end with the same two digits
- 36 is the smallest abundant square number
- 36 is the smallest abundant triangular number
- 36 is the smallest integer which can be expressed as the sum of consecutive primes in 2 ways: 5 + 7 + 11 + 13 and 17 + 19
Rare Properties of 36
The number n is a square if it is the square of an integer.
Common Properties of 36
The number n is abundant if the sum of all its positive divisors except itself is more than n.
They are abundant above perfection, not to mention deficiency. See perfect and deficient numbers.
A positive integer greater than 1 that is not prime is called composite.
Composite numbers are opposite to prime numbers.
A number is even if it is divisible by 2.
Numbers that are not even are odd. Compare with another pair -- evil and odious numbers.
The number n is evil if it has an even number of 1's in its binary expansion.
Guess what odious numbers are.
An integer n is powerful if for every prime p dividing n, p2 also divides n.
How much power? They all can be written as a2 b3.
The number n is practical if all numbers strictly less than n are sums of distinct divisors of n.
If you start with n points on a line, then draw n-1 points above and between, then n-2 above and between them, and so on, you will get a triangle of points. The number of points in this triangle is a triangle number.
Compare to square, pentagonal and tetrahedral numbers.
The next Ulam number is uniquely the sum of two earlier distinct Ulam numbers.