79 (number) - in Mathematics

In Mathematics

  • An odd number
  • The smallest number that can't be represented as a sum of fewer than 19 fourth powers
  • A strictly non-palindromic number
  • The 22nd prime number (the next is 83)
  • The smallest prime number p for which the real quadratic field Q has class number greater than 1 (namely 3)
  • A cousin prime with 83
  • An emirp, because the reverse of 79, 97, is also a prime
  • A fortunate prime
  • A prime number that is also a Gaussian prime (since it is of the form )
  • A happy prime
  • A Higgs prime
  • A Kynea prime
  • A lucky prime
  • A permutable prime, with ninety-seven
  • A Pillai prime, because 23! + 1 is divisible by 79, but 79 is not one more than a multiple of 23
  • A regular prime
  • A prime in a residue classes 4n+3, 8n+7, and 10n+9
  • A right-truncatable prime, because when the last digit (9) is removed, the remaining number (7) is still prime
  • A sexy prime (with 73)
  • The n value of the Wagstaff prime 201487636602438195784363

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