123 (number)

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120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129
List of numbersIntegers
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
Cardinalone hundred twenty-three
Ordinal123rd
(one hundred twenty-third)
Factorization3 × 41
Divisors1, 3, 41, 123
Greek numeralΡΚΓ´
Roman numeralCXXIII
Binary11110112
Ternary111203
Octal1738
DuodecimalA312
Hexadecimal7B16

123 (one hundred [and] twenty-three) is the natural number following 122 and preceding 124. After 1 and 12 it is the 3rd number to be concatenation of first n integers. Here n=3.

In mathematics[]

  • 123 is a Lucas number.[1] It is the eleventh member of the Mian-Chowla sequence.[2]
  • Along with 6, 123 is one of only two positive integers that is simultaneously two more than a perfect square and two less than a perfect cube (123 = 112 + 2 = 53 - 2).[3]

In religion[]

The Book of Numbers says that Aaron died at the age of 123.[4]

In telephony[]

  • The emergency telephone number in Colombia
  • The telephone number of the speaking clock for the correct time in the United Kingdom
  • The electricity (PLN) emergency telephone number in Indonesia
  • The medical emergency telephone number in Egypt
  • The Notation for national and international telephone numbers Recommendation ITU-T Recommendation E.123 defines a standard way to write telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and web addresses

In other fields[]

123 is also:

  • 123 (film), a 2002 Indian film
  • 123 (interbank network), shared cash network in Egypt
  • 123 (New Jersey bus)
  • "1-2-3", 1965 song written and recorded by Len Barry
  • The atomic number of the yet-to-be-discovered element unbitrium

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Friedman, Erich (30 April 2005). "What's Special About This Number?". Stetson University. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  2. ^ "Mian-Chowla Sequence". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  3. ^ Conrad, Keith. "Examples of Mordell's Equation" (PDF). University of Connecticut, Mathematics Department. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  4. ^ Numbers 33:39
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