34 (number)

34 (thirty-four) is the natural number following 33 and preceding 35.

In mathematics[]

34 is the ninth distinct semiprime and has four divisors including one and itself. Its neighbors, 33 and 35, also are distinct semiprimes, having four divisors each, and 34 is the smallest number to be surrounded by numbers with the same number of divisors as it has.

It is the ninth Fibonacci number^[1] and a companion Pell number.^[2] Since it is an odd-indexed Fibonacci number, 34 is a Markov number,^[3] appearing in solutions with other Fibonacci numbers, such as (1, 13, 34), (1, 34, 89), etc.

34 is the magic constant of a 4 by 4 normal magic square:^[4]

34 is a heptagonal number.^[5]

There is no solution to the equation φ(x) = 34, making 34 a nontotient.^[6] Nor is there a solution to the equation x − φ(x) = 34, making 34 a noncototient.^[7]

It is a Erdős–Woods number.^[8]

In science[]

• The atomic number of selenium
• Potentially one of the magic numbers in physics.^[9][10]
• Messier object M34, a magnitude 6.0 open cluster in the constellation Perseus
• The New General Catalogue object NGC 34, a peculiar galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Literature[]

• In The Count of Monte Cristo, Number 34 is how Edmond Dantès is referred to during his imprisonment in the Château d'If.

Transportation[]

• 34th Street (Manhattan), a major cross-town street in New York City
• 34th Street (New York City Subway), multiple New York City subway stations

In other fields[]

34 is also:

• The traffic code of Istanbul, Turkey
• "#34", a song by the Dave Matthews Band
• The number of the French department Hérault
• +34 is the code for international direct-dial phone calls to Spain

See also[]

Rule 34 (Internet meme)

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 34 (number).

• Prime Curios! 34 from the Prime Pages