86 (number)

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Short description: Natural number
← 85 86 87 →
Cardinaleighty-six
Ordinal86th
(eighty-sixth)
Factorization2 × 43
Divisors1, 2, 43, 86
Greek numeralΠϚ´
Roman numeralLXXXVI
Binary10101102
Ternary100123
Quaternary11124
Quinary3215
Senary2226
Octal1268
Duodecimal7212
Hexadecimal5616
Vigesimal4620
Base 362E36

86 (eighty-six) is the natural number following 85 and preceding 87.

In mathematics

86 is:

It appears in the Padovan sequence, preceded by the terms 37, 49, 65 (it is the sum of the first two of these).[7]

It is conjectured that 86 is the largest n for which the decimal expansion of 2n contains no 0.[8]

86 = (8 × 6 = 48) + (4 × 8 = 32) + (3 × 2 = 6). That is, 86 is equal to the sum of the numbers formed in calculating its multiplicative persistence.

In science

In other fields

  • In American English, and particularly in the food service industry, 86 has become a slang term referring to an item being out of stock or discontinued, and by extension to a person no longer welcome on the premises.[9]
  • The number of the French department Vienne. This number is also reflected in the department's postal code and in the name of a local basketball club, Poitiers Basket 86.
  • +86 is the code for international direct dial phone calls to China .
  • An art gallery in Ventura, California, displaying art pieces from such artists Billy Childish, Stacy Lande and Derek Hess, most of which include the number *86 hidden or overtly shown in the art, and some of which fall under the genre of lowbrow.
  • 86 is the device number for a lockout relay function in electrical engineering electrical circuit protection schemes.
  • 86 is often used in Japan as the nickname for the Toyota AE86.
  • 86 is the name of a series of Japanese science fiction light novels written by Asato Asato, later adapted as a manga and an anime.

See also

  • List of highways numbered 86

Notes