97 (number)
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Cardinal | ninety-seven | |||
Ordinal | 97th (ninety-seventh) | |||
Factorization | prime | |||
Prime | 25th | |||
Divisors | 1, 97 | |||
Greek numeral | ϞΖ´ | |||
Roman numeral | XCVII | |||
Binary | 11000012 | |||
Ternary | 101213 | |||
Octal | 1418 | |||
Duodecimal | 8112 | |||
Hexadecimal | 6116 |
97 (ninety-seven) is the natural number following 96 and preceding 98. It is a prime number and the only prime in the nineties.
In mathematics[edit]
97 is:
- the 25th prime number (the largest two-digit prime number in base 10), following 89 and preceding 101.
- a Proth prime as it is 3 × 25 + 1.[1]
- the eleventh member of the Mian–Chowla sequence.[2]
- a self number in base 10, since there is no integer that added to its own digits adds up to 97.[3]
- the highest two digit number where the sum of its digits is a square.
The numbers 97, 907, 9007, 90007 and 900007 are happy primes. However, 9000007 (read as nine million seven) is composite and has the factorisation 277 × 32491.
In science[edit]
Ninety-seven is:
- The atomic number of berkelium, an actinide.
In astronomy[edit]
- Messier object M97, a magnitude 12.0 planetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major, also known as the Owl Nebula
- The New General Catalogue object NGC 97, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
In other fields[edit]
Ninety-seven is:
- The 97th United States Congress met during the Ronald Reagan administration, from January 1981 to January 1983
- The 10-97 police code means "arrived on the scene"
- STS-97 Space Shuttle Endeavour mission launched November 30, 2000
- The 97th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II
- Madden NFL 97 was the first John Madden NFL American football game to be created in the 32-bit gaming era
- Radio stations broadcasting on frequencies near 97, such as Hot 97, New York City and 97X, Tampa, Florida
- The decimal unicode number representing the Latin lowercase "a"[4]
In music[edit]
- A song Baby Boy / Saturday Night '97 by Whigfield
- The number of the Southern Railway train in the Wreck of the Old 97, a ballad recorded by numerous artists, including Flatt and Scruggs, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Nine Pound Hammer, and Hank Snow.
- The Old 97's are an alt-country band, which took their name from the song "The Wreck of the Old ‘97".
- A song by Alkaline Trio off their self-titled album
- The Marching 97, marching band of Lehigh University.
- District 97, a progressive rock band from the Chicago area (named after the elementary school District 97 in Oak Park, IL.
In sports[edit]
- The car number of Kurt Busch's Ford when he won the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sloane's A080076 : Proth primes". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ "Sloane's A005282 : Mian-Chowla sequence". The On-Line Encyclopedia of integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ "Sloane's A003052 : Self numbers". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
- ^ "Unicode Lookup: convert special characters". unicodelookup.com.