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Unique Properties of 903

903 is the smallest odd Erdos-Woods number: for such numbers n there exists an interval of consecutive integers of length n with property that every element has a factor in common with one of the end-points

Common Properties of 903

Composite

A positive integer greater than 1 that is not prime is called composite.

Composite numbers are opposite to prime numbers.

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900,
901,
902,
903,
904,
905,
906,
...

Deficient

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.

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899,
901,
902,
903,
904,
905,
907,
...

Evil

The number n is evil if it has an even number of 1's in its binary expansion.

Guess what odious numbers are.

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897,
898,
900,
903,
904,
907,
909,
...

Lucky

To build the lucky number sequence, start with natural numbers. Delete every second number, leaving 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, ... . The second number remaining is 3, so delete every third number, leaving 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, ... . The next number remaining is 7, so delete every 7th number, leaving 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15, 21, ... . The next number remaining is 9, so delete every ninth number, etc.

Those numbers were lucky they weren't crossed out.

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885,
895,
897,
903,
925,
927,
931,
...

Odd

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.

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897,
899,
901,
903,
905,
907,
909,
...

Square-free

A number is said to be square-free if its prime decomposition contains no repeated factors.

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899,
901,
902,
903,
905,
906,
907,
...

Triangular

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.

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780,
820,
861,
903,
946,
990,
1035,
...

Tanya Khovanova

Number Gossip

Unique Properties of 903

Common Properties of 903