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43 (number)

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Cardinalforty-three
Ordinal43rd
(forty-third)
Factorizationprime
Prime14th
Divisors1, 43
Greek numeralΜΓ´
Roman numeralXLIII, xliii
Binary1010112
Ternary11213
Senary1116
Octal538
Duodecimal3712
Hexadecimal2B16

43 (forty-three) is the natural number following 42 and preceding 44.

Mathematics

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43 is a prime number, and a twin prime of 41, with which it comprises a twin prime. 43 is the smallest prime that is not a Chen prime. 43 is also a Wagstaff prime,[1] and a Heegner number.[2] 43 is the fourth term of Sylvester's sequence.[3]

43 is the largest prime which divides the order of the Janko group J4.

43 is the largest natural number that is not an (original) McNugget number.[4]

The Sri Yantra, with nine interlocking triangles that collectively form 43 smaller triangles

Notes

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  1. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A000979 (Wagstaff primes)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A003173 (Heegner numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A000058 (Sylvester's sequence)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  4. ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A065003 (Not McNugget numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-30.

References

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  • Lehmer, Derrick, List of prime numbers from 1 to 10,006,721, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1914
  • Wells, David, Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math, Wiley, 2005, ISBN 0-471-46234-9
  • Crandall, Richard and Pomerance, Carl, Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective, Springer, 2005, ISBN 0-387-25282-7

Further reading

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Lenstra, Hendrik (2009). Ode to the number 43 (In Dutch). Nieuw Arch. Wiskd. Amsterdam, NL: Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap (5) 10, No. 4: 240-244. MR2590266 Zbl 1263.00002