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2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultures.

−1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cardinaltwo
Ordinal2nd (second / twoth)
Numeral systembinary
Factorizationprime
Gaussian integer factorization
Prime1st
Divisors1, 2
Greek numeralΒ´
Roman numeralII, ii
Greek prefixdi-
Latin prefixduo-/bi-
Old English prefixtwi-
Binary102
Ternary23
Senary26
Octal28
Duodecimal212
Hexadecimal216
Greek numeralβ'
Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, Sindhi, Urdu٢
Ge'ez
Bengali
Chinese numeral二,弍,貳
Devanāgarī
Telugu
Tamil
Kannada
Hebrewב
ArmenianԲ
Khmer
Maya numerals••
Thai
Georgian Ⴁ/ⴁ/ბ(Bani)
Malayalam
Babylonian numeral𒐖
Egyptian hieroglyph, Aegean numeral, Chinese counting rod||
Morse code.._ _ _

Evolution

Arabic digit

 

The digit used in the modern Western world to represent the number 2 traces its roots back to the Indic Brahmic script, where "2" was written as two horizontal lines. The modern Chinese and Japanese languages (and Korean Hanja) still use this method. The Gupta script rotated the two lines 45 degrees, making them diagonal. The top line was sometimes also shortened and had its bottom end curve towards the center of the bottom line. In the Nagari script, the top line was written more like a curve connecting to the bottom line. In the Arabic Ghubar writing, the bottom line was completely vertical, and the digit looked like a dotless closing question mark. Restoring the bottom line to its original horizontal position, but keeping the top line as a curve that connects to the bottom line leads to our modern digit.[1]

In fonts with text figures, digit 2 usually is of x-height, for example,  .[citation needed]

As a word

Two is most commonly a determiner used with plural countable nouns, as in two days or I'll take these two.[2] Two is a noun when it refers to the number two as in two plus two is four.

Etymology of two

The word two is derived from the Old English words twā (feminine), (neuter), and twēġen (masculine, which survives today in the form twain).[3]

The pronunciation /tuː/, like that of who is due to the labialization of the vowel by the w, which then disappeared before the related sound. The successive stages of pronunciation for the Old English twā would thus be /twɑː/, /twɔː/, /twoː/, /twuː/, and finally /tuː/.[3]

Mathematics

Divisibility rule

An integer is determined to be even if it is divisible by 2. For integers written in a numeral system based on an even number such as decimal, divisibility by 2 is easily tested by merely looking at the last digit. If it is even, then the whole number is even. When written in the decimal system, all multiples of 2 will end in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8.[4]

Characterizations

The number two is the smallest, and only even, prime number. As the smallest prime number, two is also the smallest non-zero pronic number, and the only pronic prime.[5]

Every integer greater than 1 will have at least two distinct factors; by definition, a prime number only has two distinct factors (itself and 1). Therefore, the number-of-divisors function   of positive integers   satisfies,

 
where   represents the limit inferior (since there will always exist a larger prime number with a maximum of two divisors).[6]

Specifically,

 
A simple Venn diagram, featuring a Vesica piscis as the common area between two circles (of same   through each other's centers), and useful in defining elementary set operations such as union, intersection (here), and complement between sets, with respect to their universal set.

In a set-theoretical construction of the natural numbers,   is identified with the set  , where   denotes the empty set. This latter set is important in category theory: it is a subobject classifier in the category of sets. More broadly, a set that is a field has a minimum of two elements.

The binary system has a radix of two, and it is the numeral system with the fewest tokens that allows denoting a natural number substantially more concisely (with     tokens) than a direct representation by the corresponding count of a single token (with   tokens). This number system is used extensively in computing.[citation needed]

In a Euclidean space of any dimension greater than zero, two distinct points in a plane are always sufficient to define a unique line.[citation needed]

Cantor space

A Cantor space is a topological space   homeomorphic to the Cantor set, whose general set is a closed set consisting purely of boundary points. The countably infinite product topology of the simplest discrete two-point space,  , is the traditional elementary example of a Cantor space. Points whose initial conditions remain on a   boundary in the logistic map   form a Cantor set, where values begin to diverge beyond   Between   and  , the population approaches oscillations among   values before chaos ensues.

Powers of 2

Two is the first Mersenne prime exponent, and it is the difference between the first two Fermat primes (3 and 5). Powers of two are essential in computer science, and important in the constructability of regular polygons using basic tools (e.g., through the use of Fermat or Pierpont primes).   is the only number such that the sum of the reciprocals of its natural powers equals itself. In symbols,

 

Two also has the unique property that   up through any level of hyperoperation, here denoted in Knuth's up-arrow notation, all equivalent to  

Notably, row sums in Pascal's triangle are in equivalence with successive powers of two,  [7][8]

Integer sequences

The numbers two and three are the only two prime numbers that are also consecutive integers. Two is the first prime number that does not have a proper twin prime with a difference two, while three is the first such prime number to have a twin prime, five.[9][10] In consequence, three and five encase four in-between, which is the square of two,  . These are also the two odd prime numbers that lie amongst the only all-Harshad numbers (1, 2, 4, and 6)[11] that are also the first four highly composite numbers,[12] with 2 the only number that is both a prime number and a highly composite number. Furthermore,   are the unique pair of twin primes   that yield the second and only prime quadruplet   that is of the form  , where   is the product of said twin primes.[13]

Inside other important integer sequences,

  is the smallest primary pseudoperfect number,[24] and it is the first number to return zero for the Mertens function.[25] The harmonic mean of the divisors of   — the smallest perfect number, unitary perfect number, and Ore number greater than   — is also  . In particular, the sum of the reciprocals of all non-zero triangular numbers converges to 2.[26] On the other hand, numbers cannot be laid out in a   magic square that yields a magic constant, and as such they are the only null   by   magic square set.[27][a] There are only two known sublime numbers, which are numbers with a perfect number of factors, whose sum itself yields a perfect number:[28]

  •  
  •  

The latter is a number that is seventy-six digits long (in decimal representation).

Regarding Bernouilli numbers  , by convention   has an irregularity of  [29]

Iterative sequences

In the Thue-Morse sequence  , that successively adjoins the binary Boolean complement from   onward (in succession), the critical exponent, or largest number of times an adjoining subsequence repeats, is  , where there exist a vast amount of square words of the form  [30] Furthermore, in  , which counts the instances of   between consecutive occurrences of   in   that is instead square-free, the critical exponent is also  , since   contains factors of exponents close to   due to   containing a large factor of squares.[31] In general, the repetition threshold of an infinite binary-rich word will be  [32]

In John Conway's look-and-say function, which can be represented faithfully with a quaternary numeral system, two consecutive twos (as in "22" for "two twos"), or equivalently "2 - 2", is the only fixed point.[33]

Euler's number

  can be simplified to equal,

 

A continued fraction for   repeats a   pattern from the second term onward.[34][35]

Geometry

Regarding regular polygons in two dimensions:

  • The span of an octagon is in silver ratio   with its sides, which can be computed with the continued fraction  [37]

Whereas a square of unit side length has a diagonal equal to  , a space diagonal inside a tesseract measures 2 when its side lengths are of unit length.[citation needed]

A digon is a polygon with two sides (or edges) and two vertices. On a circle, it is a tessellation with two antipodal points and 180° arc edges.[citation needed]

For any polyhedron homeomorphic to a sphere, the Euler characteristic is  , where   is the number of vertices,   is the number of edges, and   is the number of faces. A double torus has an Euler characteristic of  , on the other hand, and a non-orientable surface of like genus   has a characteristic  .[citation needed]

The simplest tessellation in two-dimensional space, though an improper tessellation, is that of two  -sided apeirogons joined along all their edges, coincident about a line that divides the plane in two. This order-2 apeirogonal tiling is the arithmetic limit of the family of dihedra  .[citation needed] The second dimension is also the only dimension where there are both an infinite number of Euclidean and hyperbolic regular polytopes (as polygons), and an infinite number of regular hyperbolic paracompact tesselations.

List of basic calculations

Multiplication 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 50 100
2 × x 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 100 200
Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2 ÷ x 2 1 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.285714 0.25 0.2 0.2 0.18 0.16 0.153846 0.142857 0.13 0.125 0.1176470588235294 0.1 0.105263157894736842 0.1
x ÷ 2 0.5 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10
Exponentiation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2x 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 65536 131072 262144 524288 1048576
x2 1 9 25 36 49 64 81 100 121 144 169 196 225 256 289 324 361 400

In science

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Meanwhile, the magic constant of an  -pointed normal magic star is  .

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counting rod Morse code Contents 1 Evolution 1 1 Arabic digit 2 As a word 2 1 Etymology of two 3 Mathematics 3 1 Divisibility rule 3 2 Characterizations 3 2 1 Cantor space 3 2 2 Powers of 2 3 3 Integer sequences 3 3 1 Iterative sequences 3 3 2 Euler s number 3 4 Geometry 3 5 List of basic calculations 4 In science 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksEvolutionArabic digit nbsp The digit used in the modern Western world to represent the number 2 traces its roots back to the Indic Brahmic script where 2 was written as two horizontal lines The modern Chinese and Japanese languages and Korean Hanja still use this method The Gupta script rotated the two lines 45 degrees making them diagonal The top line was sometimes also shortened and had its bottom end curve towards the center of the bottom line In the Nagari script the top line was written more like a curve connecting to the bottom line In the Arabic Ghubar writing the bottom line was completely vertical and the digit looked like a dotless closing question mark Restoring the bottom line to its original horizontal position but keeping the top line as a curve that connects to the bottom line leads to our modern digit 1 In fonts with text figures digit 2 usually is of x height for example nbsp citation needed As a wordTwo is most commonly a determiner used with plural countable nouns as in two days or I ll take these two 2 Two is a noun when it refers to the number two as in two plus two is four Etymology of two The word two is derived from the Old English words twa feminine tu neuter and tweġen masculine which survives today in the form twain 3 The pronunciation tuː like that of who is due to the labialization of the vowel by the w which then disappeared before the related sound The successive stages of pronunciation for the Old English twa would thus be twɑː twɔː twoː twuː and finally tuː 3 MathematicsDivisibility rule An integer is determined to be even if it is divisible by 2 For integers written in a numeral system based on an even number such as decimal divisibility by 2 is easily tested by merely looking at the last digit If it is even then the whole number is even When written in the decimal system all multiples of 2 will end in 0 2 4 6 or 8 4 Characterizations The number two is the smallest and only even prime number As the smallest prime number two is also the smallest non zero pronic number and the only pronic prime 5 Every integer greater than 1 will have at least two distinct factors by definition a prime number only has two distinct factors itself and 1 Therefore the number of divisors function d n displaystyle d n nbsp of positive integers n displaystyle n nbsp satisfies lim inf n d n 2 displaystyle liminf n to infty d n 2 nbsp where lim inf displaystyle liminf nbsp represents the limit inferior since there will always exist a larger prime number with a maximum of two divisors 6 Specifically A number is deficient when the sum of its divisors is less than twice the number whereas an abundant number has a sum of its proper divisors that is larger than the number itself Primitive abundant numbers are abundant numbers whose proper divisors are all deficient A number is perfect if it is equal to its aliquot sum or the sum of all of its positive divisors excluding the number itself This is equivalent to describing a perfect number n displaystyle n nbsp as having a sum of divisors s n displaystyle sigma n nbsp equal to 2 n displaystyle 2n nbsp nbsp A simple Venn diagram featuring a Vesica piscis as the common area between two circles of same r displaystyle r nbsp through each other s centers and useful in defining elementary set operations such as union intersection here and complement between sets with respect to their universal set In a set theoretical construction of the natural numbers 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp is identified with the set displaystyle varnothing varnothing nbsp where displaystyle varnothing nbsp denotes the empty set This latter set is important in category theory it is a subobject classifier in the category of sets More broadly a set that is a field has a minimum of two elements The binary system has a radix of two and it is the numeral system with the fewest tokens that allows denoting a natural number substantially more concisely with log 2 displaystyle log 2 nbsp n displaystyle n nbsp tokens than a direct representation by the corresponding count of a single token with n displaystyle n nbsp tokens This number system is used extensively in computing citation needed In a Euclidean space of any dimension greater than zero two distinct points in a plane are always sufficient to define a unique line citation needed Cantor space A Cantor space is a topological space 2 N displaystyle 2 mathbb N nbsp homeomorphic to the Cantor set whose general set is a closed set consisting purely of boundary points The countably infinite product topology of the simplest discrete two point space 0 1 displaystyle 0 1 nbsp is the traditional elementary example of a Cantor space Points whose initial conditions remain on a 0 1 displaystyle 0 1 nbsp boundary in the logistic map x n 1 r x n 1 x n displaystyle x n 1 rx n 1 x n nbsp form a Cantor set where values begin to diverge beyond r 4 displaystyle r 4 nbsp Between r 3 45 displaystyle r approx 3 45 nbsp and 3 57 displaystyle 3 57 nbsp the population approaches oscillations among 8 16 2 n 2 displaystyle 8 16 2 n ldots 2 infty nbsp values before chaos ensues Powers of 2 Two is the first Mersenne prime exponent and it is the difference between the first two Fermat primes 3 and 5 Powers of two are essential in computer science and important in the constructability of regular polygons using basic tools e g through the use of Fermat or Pierpont primes 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp is the only number such that the sum of the reciprocals of its natural powers equals itself In symbols n 0 1 2 n 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 2 displaystyle sum n 0 infty frac 1 2 n 1 frac 1 2 frac 1 4 frac 1 8 frac 1 16 cdots 2 nbsp Two also has the unique property that 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 displaystyle 2 2 2 times 2 2 2 2 uparrow uparrow 2 2 uparrow uparrow uparrow 2 text nbsp up through any level of hyperoperation here denoted in Knuth s up arrow notation all equivalent to 4 displaystyle 4 nbsp Notably row sums in Pascal s triangle are in equivalence with successive powers of two 2 n displaystyle 2 n nbsp 7 8 Integer sequences The numbers two and three are the only two prime numbers that are also consecutive integers Two is the first prime number that does not have a proper twin prime with a difference two while three is the first such prime number to have a twin prime five 9 10 In consequence three and five encase four in between which is the square of two 2 2 displaystyle 2 2 nbsp These are also the two odd prime numbers that lie amongst the only all Harshad numbers 1 2 4 and 6 11 that are also the first four highly composite numbers 12 with 2 the only number that is both a prime number and a highly composite number Furthermore 3 5 displaystyle 3 5 nbsp are the unique pair of twin primes q q 2 displaystyle q q 2 nbsp that yield the second and only prime quadruplet 11 13 17 19 displaystyle 11 13 17 19 nbsp that is of the form d 4 d 2 d 2 d 4 displaystyle d 4 d 2 d 2 d 4 nbsp where d displaystyle d nbsp is the product of said twin primes 13 Inside other important integer sequences 2 is the first Sophie Germain prime 14 the first factorial prime 15 the first Lucas prime 16 and the first Ramanujan prime 17 2 is also a Motzkin number 18 a Bell number 19 and the third or fourth Fibonacci number 20 2 is a meandric number 21 a semi meandric number 22 and an open meandric number 23 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp is the smallest primary pseudoperfect number 24 and it is the first number to return zero for the Mertens function 25 The harmonic mean of the divisors of 6 displaystyle 6 nbsp the smallest perfect number unitary perfect number and Ore number greater than 1 displaystyle 1 nbsp is also 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp In particular the sum of the reciprocals of all non zero triangular numbers converges to 2 26 On the other hand numbers cannot be laid out in a 2 2 displaystyle 2 times 2 nbsp magic square that yields a magic constant and as such they are the only null n displaystyle n nbsp by n displaystyle n nbsp magic square set 27 a There are only two known sublime numbers which are numbers with a perfect number of factors whose sum itself yields a perfect number 28 12 2 2 2 2 1 displaystyle 12 2 2 times 2 2 1 nbsp 6 086 264 2 126 2 61 1 2 31 1 2 19 1 2 7 1 2 5 1 2 3 1 displaystyle 6 086 ldots 264 2 126 times 2 61 1 times 2 31 1 times 2 19 1 times 2 7 1 times 2 5 1 times 2 3 1 nbsp The latter is a number that is seventy six digits long in decimal representation Regarding Bernouilli numbers B 2 k displaystyle B 2k nbsp by convention 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp has an irregularity of 1 displaystyle 1 nbsp 29 Iterative sequences In the Thue Morse sequence T displaystyle T nbsp that successively adjoins the binary Boolean complement from 0 displaystyle 0 nbsp onward in succession the critical exponent or largest number of times an adjoining subsequence repeats is 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp where there exist a vast amount of square words of the form w w displaystyle ww nbsp 30 Furthermore in c displaystyle c nbsp which counts the instances of 1 displaystyle 1 nbsp between consecutive occurrences of 0 displaystyle 0 nbsp in T displaystyle T nbsp that is instead square free the critical exponent is also 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp since c 210201210120 displaystyle c 210201210120 ldots nbsp contains factors of exponents close to 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp due to T displaystyle T nbsp containing a large factor of squares 31 In general the repetition threshold of an infinite binary rich word will be 2 2 2 displaystyle 2 tfrac sqrt 2 2 nbsp 32 In John Conway s look and say function which can be represented faithfully with a quaternary numeral system two consecutive twos as in 22 for two twos or equivalently 2 2 is the only fixed point 33 Euler s number e displaystyle e nbsp can be simplified to equal e n 0 1 n 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 displaystyle e sum limits n 0 infty frac 1 n 2 frac 1 1 cdot 2 frac 1 1 cdot 2 cdot 3 cdots nbsp A continued fraction for e 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 8 displaystyle e 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 8 nbsp repeats a 1 2 n 1 displaystyle 1 2n 1 nbsp pattern from the second term onward 34 35 Geometry Regarding regular polygons in two dimensions The equilateral triangle has the smallest ratio of the circumradius R displaystyle R nbsp to the inradius r displaystyle r nbsp of any triangle by Euler s inequality with R r 2 displaystyle tfrac R r 2 nbsp 36 The long diagonal of a regular hexagon is of length 2 when its sides are of unit length citation needed The span of an octagon is in silver ratio d s displaystyle delta s nbsp with its sides which can be computed with the continued fraction 2 2 2 2 414 235 displaystyle 2 2 2 2 414 235 dots nbsp 37 Whereas a square of unit side length has a diagonal equal to 2 displaystyle sqrt 2 nbsp a space diagonal inside a tesseract measures 2 when its side lengths are of unit length citation needed A digon is a polygon with two sides or edges and two vertices On a circle it is a tessellation with two antipodal points and 180 arc edges citation needed For any polyhedron homeomorphic to a sphere the Euler characteristic is x V E F 2 displaystyle chi V E F 2 nbsp where V displaystyle V nbsp is the number of vertices E displaystyle E nbsp is the number of edges and F displaystyle F nbsp is the number of faces A double torus has an Euler characteristic of 2 displaystyle 2 nbsp on the other hand and a non orientable surface of like genus k displaystyle k nbsp has a characteristic x 2 k displaystyle chi 2 k nbsp citation needed The simplest tessellation in two dimensional space though an improper tessellation is that of two displaystyle infty nbsp sided apeirogons joined along all their edges coincident about a line that divides the plane in two This order 2 apeirogonal tiling is the arithmetic limit of the family of dihedra p 2 displaystyle p 2 nbsp citation needed The second dimension is also the only dimension where there are both an infinite number of Euclidean and hyperbolic regular polytopes as polygons and an infinite number of regular hyperbolic paracompact tesselations List of basic calculations Multiplication 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 50 100 2 x 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 100 200 Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 x 2 1 0 6 0 5 0 4 0 3 0 285714 0 25 0 2 0 2 0 18 0 16 0 153846 0 142857 0 13 0 125 0 1176470588235294 0 1 0 105263157894736842 0 1 x 2 0 5 1 5 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 7 5 8 8 5 9 9 5 10 Exponentiation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2x 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 65536 131072 262144 524288 1048576 x2 1 9 25 36 49 64 81 100 121 144 169 196 225 256 289 324 361 400In scienceThe number of polynucleotide strands in a DNA double helix 38 The first magic number 39 The atomic number of helium 40 See alsoBinary numberNotes Meanwhile the magic constant of an n displaystyle n nbsp pointed normal magic star is M 4 n 2 displaystyle M 4n 2 nbsp References Georges Ifrah The Universal History of Numbers From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer transl David Bellos et al London The Harvill Press 1998 393 Fig 24 62 Huddleston Rodney D Pullum Geoffrey K Reynolds Brett 2022 A student s introduction to English grammar 2nd ed Cambridge United Kingdom Cambridge University Press p 117 ISBN 978 1 316 51464 1 OCLC 1255524478 a b two adj n and adv Oxford English Dictionary Online ed Oxford University Press Subscription or participating institution membership required Sloane N J A ed Sequence A005843 The nonnegative even numbers The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane s A002378 Pronic numbers The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Archived from the original on 2016 06 09 Retrieved 2020 11 30 Hardy G H Wright E M 2008 An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers Revised by D R Heath Brown and J H Silverman Foreword by Andrew Wiles 6th ed Oxford Oxford University Press pp 342 347 18 1 ISBN 978 0 19 921986 5 MR 2445243 Zbl 1159 11001 Also lim sup n log d n log n log log n log 2 displaystyle limsup n to infty frac log d n log n log log n log 2 nbsp Smith Karl J 1973 Pascal s Triangle The Two Year College Mathematics Journal 4 1 Washington D C Mathematical Association of America 4 doi 10 2307 2698949 JSTOR 2698949 S2CID 265738469 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A000079 Powers of 2 a n equal to 2 n The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2023 01 06 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A007510 Single or isolated or non twin primes Primes p such that neither p 2 nor p 2 is prime The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 05 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A001359 Lesser of twin primes The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 05 PrimeFan 2013 03 22 Harshad number PlanetMath Retrieved 2023 12 18 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A002182 Highly composite numbers definition 1 numbers n where d n the number of divisors of n A000005 increases to a record The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2023 12 18 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A136162 List of prime quadruplets p p 2 p 6 p 8 The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2023 06 09 11 13 17 19 is the only prime quadruplet p p 2 p 6 p 8 of the form Q 4 Q 2 Q 2 Q 4 where Q is a product of a pair of twin primes q q 2 for prime q 3 because numbers Q 2 and Q 4 are for q gt 3 composites of the form 3 12 k 2 1 and 3 12 k 2 1 respectively k is an integer Sloane N J A ed Sequence A005384 Sophie Germain primes p 2p 1 is also prime The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A088054 Factorial primes primes which are within 1 of a factorial number The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A005479 Prime Lucas numbers The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane s A104272 Ramanujan primes The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Archived from the original on 2011 04 28 Retrieved 2016 06 01 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A001006 Motzkin numbers number of ways of drawing any number of nonintersecting chords joining n labeled points on a circle The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A000110 Bell or exponential numbers number of ways to partition a set of n labeled elements The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A000045 Fibonacci numbers The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A005315 Closed meandric numbers or meanders number of ways a loop can cross a road 2n times The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A000682 Semi meanders number of ways a semi infinite directed curve can cross a straight line n times The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A005316 Meandric numbers number of ways a river can cross a road n times The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2022 12 15 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A054377 Primary pseudoperfect numbers numbers n gt 1 such that 1 n sum 1 p is equal to 1 where the sum is over the primes p n The On Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences OEIS Foundation Retrieved 2024 02 29 Sloane N J A ed Sequence A028442 Numbers k such that 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