188 (number)

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Short description: Natural number
← 187 188 189 →
Cardinalone hundred eighty-eight
Ordinal188th
(one hundred eighty-eighth)
Factorization22 × 47
Greek numeralΡΠΗ´
Roman numeralCLXXXVIII
Binary101111002
Ternary202223
Quaternary23304
Quinary12235
Senary5126
Octal2748
Duodecimal13812
HexadecimalBC16
Vigesimal9820
Base 365836

188 (one hundred [and] eighty-eight) is the natural number following 187 and preceding 189.

In mathematics

There are 188 different four-element semigroups,[1] and 188 ways a chess queen can move from one corner of a [math]\displaystyle{ 4\times 4 }[/math] board to the opposite corner by a path that always moves closer to its goal.[2] The sides and diagonals of a regular dodecagon form 188 equilateral triangles.[3]

In other fields

The number 188 figures prominently in the film The Parallel Street (1962) by German experimental film director Ferdinand Khittl (de). The opening frame of the film is just an image of this number.[4]

See also

References

  1. Sloane, N. J. A., ed. "Sequence A027851 (Number of nonisomorphic semigroups of order n)". OEIS Foundation. https://oeis.org/A027851. 
  2. Sloane, N. J. A., ed. "Sequence A132595 (Number of ways to move a chess queen from the lower left corner to square (n,n), with the queen moving only up, right, or diagonally up-right)". OEIS Foundation. https://oeis.org/A132595. 
  3. Sloane, N. J. A., ed. "Sequence A238822 (Number of equilateral triangles bounded by the sides and diagonals of a regular 3n-gon)". OEIS Foundation. https://oeis.org/A238822. 
  4. Möller, Olaf (January–February 2012). "White Noise". Film Comment 48 (1): 14–15. ProQuest 918706629.