Thursday, December 9, 2010

954

954 = 2 x 32 x 53.

954 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 954 = 152 + 272.

954 is the smallest number n such that if you subtract its reverse from it, you get a number with the same digits as n: 954 - 459 = 495.

954 is 676 in base 12 and 585 in base 13.

Steak 954 is a steakhouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

461

461 is a prime number.

461 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 461 = 102 + 192.

461 and 463 form a twin prime pair.

461 is the hypotenuse of a primitive Pythagorean triple: 4612 = 2612 + 3802.

461 is the largest number for which ((102n) + 1)/101 is known to be a prime number.

Eric Clapton recorded a solo album titled 461 Ocean Boulevard.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

565

565 = 5 x 113.

565 has two representations as a sum of two squares: 565 = 62 + 232 = 92 + 222.

565 is the hypotenuse of two primitive Pythagorean triples: 5652 = 2762 + 4932 = 3962 + 4032.

565 is 474 in base 11.

565 is the sum of three consecutive primes: 565 = 181 + 191 + 193.

in the year 565, St. Columba reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.

Source: WolframAlpha

Monday, December 6, 2010

942

942 = 2 x 3 x 157.

942 is 666 in base 12.

942 is the smallest number whose cube contains five 8s: 9423 = 835,896,888.

942 is the sum of four consecutive primes: 942 = 229 + 233 + 239 + 241.

NGC 942/943 (also known as Arp 309) is a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Taurus.

Friday, December 3, 2010

877

877 is a prime number.

877 has a representation as a sum of two squares: 877 = 62 + 292.

877 is the seventh Bell number.

877 is the hypotenuse of a primitive Pythagorean triple: 8772 = 3482 + 8052.

877 is 1555 in base 8 and 611 in base 12.

877 is a telephone area code for toll-free service.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

451

451 = 11 x41.

451 is a decagonal number. It is also a centered decagonal number.

10451 + 451 is a prime number.

3 plus the integer formed by the first 451 digits after the decimal point in pi is a prime number.

The title of the novel and film Fahrenheit 451 refers to the temperature at which book paper supposedly burns.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

933

933 = 3 x 311.

933 is a number that can't be expressed as a sum of a prime number and a Fibonacci number.

933 is a house number.

933 is a member of the sequence generated when you start with 1 and repeatedly reverse the digits and add 10 to get the next term: 1, 11, 21, 32, 33, . . . , 329, 933, 349, . . .

Asteroid 933 Susi was discovered in 1927.

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