181 (one hundred
ndeighty-one) is the
natural number
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following
180 and preceding
182.
In mathematics
181 is
prime, and a
palindromic,
strobogrammatic, and
dihedral number in
decimal
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. 181 is a
Chen prime.
181 is a
twin prime
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with
179, equal to the sum of ''five'' consecutive prime numbers:
29 +
31 +
37 +
41 +
43.
181 is the difference of
two consecutive
square numbers 91
2 – 90
2, as well as the sum of two consecutive squares: 9
2 + 10
2.
As a ''
centered polygonal number'',
181 is:
181 is also a centered (
hexagram) ''
star number'',
as in the game of
Chinese checkers.
Specifically, 181 is the 42nd prime number and ''16th'' ''
full reptend prime
In number theory, a full reptend prime, full repetend prime, proper primeDickson, Leonard E., 1952, ''History of the Theory of Numbers, Volume 1'', Chelsea Public. Co. or long prime in base ''b'' is an odd prime number ''p'' such that the Fermat ...
'' in
decimal
The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system and denary or decanary) is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers. It is the extension to non-integer numbers (''decimal fractions'') of th ...
, where multiples of its
reciprocal inside a
prime reciprocal magic square repeat
180 digits with a
magic sum of
810; this value is one less than
811, the 141st prime number and ''49th'' full reptend prime (or equivalently ''long prime'') in decimal whose reciprocal
repeats 810 digits. While the first full non-normal prime reciprocal magic square is based on
with a magic constant of
81 from a
square, a normal
magic square
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has a magic constant
; the next such full, prime reciprocal magic square is based on multiples of the reciprocal of
383 (also ''palindromic'').
181 is an
undulating number in
ternary and
nonary numeral system
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The same sequence of symbols may represent differe ...
s, while in
decimal
The decimal numeral system (also called the base-ten positional numeral system and denary or decanary) is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers. It is the extension to non-integer numbers (''decimal fractions'') of th ...
it is the ''28th''
''undulating prime''.
References
External links
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