53 (number)
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Short description: Natural number
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | fifty-three | |||
| Ordinal | 53rd (fifty-third) | |||
| Factorization | prime | |||
| Prime | 16th | |||
| Divisors | 1, 53 | |||
| Greek numeral | ΝΓ´ | |||
| Roman numeral | LIII | |||
| Binary | 1101012 | |||
| Ternary | 12223 | |||
| Quaternary | 3114 | |||
| Quinary | 2035 | |||
| Senary | 1256 | |||
| Octal | 658 | |||
| Duodecimal | 4512 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 3516 | |||
| Vigesimal | 2D20 | |||
| Base 36 | 1H36 | |||
53 (fifty-three) is the natural number following 52 and preceding 54. It is the 16th prime number.
In mathematics
- Fifty-three is the 16th prime number. It is also an Eisenstein prime, an isolated prime, a balanced prime and a Sophie Germain prime.[1]
- The sum of the first 53 primes is 5830, which is divisible by 53, a property shared by only a few other numbers.[2][3]
- 53 cannot be expressed as the sum of any integer and its decimal digits, making 53 a self number.[4]
- 53 is the smallest prime number that does not divide the order of any sporadic group.
In science
- The atomic number of iodine
Astronomy
- Messier object M53, a magnitude 8.5 globular cluster in the constellation Coma Berenices
- The New General Catalogue object NGC 53, a magnitude 12.6 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Tucana
In other fields
Fifty-three is:
- The racing number of Herbie, a fictional Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of his own, first appearing in the 1968 film The Love Bug
- The code for international direct dial phone calls to Cuba
- 53 Days is a northeastern US rock band
- 53 Days a novel by Georges Perec
- In How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and its animated TV special adaptation, the Grinch says he has put up with the Whos' Christmas cheer for 53 years.
- Fictional 53rd Precinct in the Bronx was found in the TV comedy "Car 54, Where Are You?"
- "53rd & 3rd" a song by the Ramones
- The number of Hail Mary beads on a standard, five decade Catholic Rosary (the Dominican Rosary).[5]
- The number of bytes in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode packet.
- UDP and TCP port number for the Domain Name System protocol.
- 53-TET (53 tone, equal temperament) is a musical temperament that has a fifth that is closer to pure than our current system.
- 53 More Things To Do In Zero Gravity is a fictional book mentioned in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sports
- The maximum number of players on a National Football League roster
- Most points by a rookie in an NBA playoff game, by Philadelphia's Wilt Chamberlain, 1960
- Most field goals (three-game series, NBA playoffs), by Michael Jordan, 1992
See also
- List of highways numbered 53
References
- ↑ Sloane, N. J. A., ed. "Sequence A005384 (Sophie Germain primes)". OEIS Foundation. https://oeis.org/A005384. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ↑ Sloane, N. J. A., ed. "Sequence A045345 (Numbers n such that n divides sum of first n primes A007504(n).)". OEIS Foundation. https://oeis.org/A045345.
- ↑ Puzzle 31.- The Average Prime number, APN(k) = S(Pk)/k from The Prime Puzzles & Problems Connection website
- ↑ Sloane, N. J. A., ed. "Sequence A003052 (Self numbers)". OEIS Foundation. https://oeis.org/A003052. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ↑ "Rosary Workshop: Rosary - origin of rosary prayers". https://www.rosaryworkshop.com/HISTORY-OriginPrayers.html.
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