Number Gossip
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Unique Properties of 126
- 126 is the number of prime days in a non-leap year
- 126 is the smallest vampire number
- 126 is the number of intersections of diagonals inside a regular nonagon
- 126 is the smallest non-palindrome that is a product of 4 primes whose reverse is also a product of 4 primes
Rare Properties of 126
The number n is called a vampire number if there exists a factorization of n using n's digits (counting multiplicity).
Common Properties of 126
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.
The number n is practical if all numbers strictly less than n are sums of distinct divisors of n.
The next Ulam number is uniquely the sum of two earlier distinct Ulam numbers.