179 (number)

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Cardinalone hundred seventy-nine
Ordinal179th
(one hundred seventy-ninth)
Factorizationprime
Prime41st
Divisors1, 179
Greek numeralΡΟΘ´
Roman numeralCLXXIX
Binary101100112
Ternary201223
Senary4556
Octal2638
Duodecimal12B12
HexadecimalB316

179 (one hundred [and] seventy-nine) is the natural number following 178 and preceding 180.

In mathematics

179 is part of the

Sophie Germain prime.[1] It is also a super-prime number, because it is the 41st smallest prime and 41 is also prime. Since 971 (the digits of 179 reversed) is prime, 179 is an emirp
.

In other fields

Astronomers have suggested that sunspot frequency undergoes a cycle of approximately 179 years in length.[2]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780140261493
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  2. S2CID 4181720
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