73 (number)

73 (seventy-three) is the natural number following 72 and preceding 74. In English,

it is the smallest natural number with twelve letters in its spelled out name.
72 73 74
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
List of numbers Integers
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Contents Cardinal seventy-three

1 In mathematics Ordinal 73rd
2 In science (seventy-third)
2.1 In astronomy Factorization prime
3 In other fields Prime 21st
4 In sports
Divisors 1, 73
5 See also
Greek numeral
6 References
Roman numeral LXXIII
Binary 10010012
In mathematics Ternary 22013

73 is: Quaternary 10214

Quinary 2435
the 21st prime number. The previous is seventy-one, with which it
comprises the 8th twin prime. Senary 2016
a permutable prime with thirty-seven. Octal 1118
a star number.[1]
Duodecimal 6112
the largest minimal Primitive root in the first 100,000 primes. In other
words, if p is one of the first 100,000 primes, then at least one of the Hexadecimal 4916
primes 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, ..., 73 is a primitive root modulop.
the smallest prime congruent to 1 modulo 24. Vigesimal 3D20
an emirp, meaning that the reverse of 73, that is, 37, is also a prime Base 36 2136
number.[2] 73 is the 21st prime number while 37 is the 12th prime
number.
the smallest prime with acomposite sum of digits, in base 5.
palindromic in bases 2 (10010012) and 8 (1118).
73 is the only prime repunit in base 8 (1118).
73 is the smallest factor of the firstcomposite generalized Fermat numberin base 10 (104 + 1 = 10,001 = 73 137).
Also:

The number 21 has prime factors 7 and 3. The number 21 in binary is 10101; 7 in binary is 111, 3 in binary is 11,
and seventy-three in binary is 1001001. All of these arepalindromes. In addition, of the 7 binary digits representing
73, there are 3 ones. Also, 37 + 12 = 49 (seven squared) and 73 + 21 = 94 = 47 2, 47 + 2 also being equal to
seven squared. Additionally, both 73 and its mirror, 37, are sexy primes twice over, as 31, 43, 67 and 79 are all prime
numbers.
Every positive integer can be written as the sum of 73 or fewer sixth powers (seeWaring's problem).

In science
The atomic number of tantalum
In astronomy
Messier object M73, a magnitude 9.0 apparent open cluster in the constellation Aquarius
The New General Catalogueobject NGC 73, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
The number of seconds it took for the Space Shuttle ChallengerOV-099 shuttle to explode after launch.
73 is the number of rows in the 1,679-bitArecibo message, sent to space in search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

In other fields
73 is also:

the number of days in 1/5 of a non-leap year

.
The year AD 73, 73 BC, or 1973.
The number of books in theCatholic Bible.[3]
Amateur radio operatorsand other morse code users commonly use the number 73 as a"92 Code" abbreviationfor
"best regards", typically when ending aQSO (a conversation with another operator). These codes also facilitate
communication between operators who may not be native English speakers. [1] In Morse code, 73 is an easily
recognized palindrome - ( - - - - ).
73 (also known as 73 Amateur Radio Today), was an amateur radio magazine published from 1960 to 2003.
73 was the number on the TV Torpedo Patrol (PT) boat in the TV showMcHale's Navy
73 is Sheldon Cooper's favorite integer in The Big Bang Theory for its mathematical properties
The registry of the U.S. Navy's nuclear aircraft carrierUSS George Washington (CVN-73), named after U.S.
President George Washington.
No. 73 was the name of a 1980s children's television programme in the United Kingdom. It ran from 19821988 and
starred Sandi Toksvig
Pizza 73 is a Canadian pizza chain with 51 stores
Game show Match Game '73 in 1973
Fender Rhodes Stage 73 Piano
Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare
The number of the French departmentSavoie
On a CB radio, 10-73 means "speed trap at..."

In sports
In international curling competitions, each side is given 73 minutes to complete all of its throws.
In baseball, the single-season home run record set by Barry Bonds in 2001.
In basketball, the number of games theGolden State Warriors won in the 2015-16 season (73-9), the most wins in
NBA history.
NFL: In the 1940 NFL championship game, the Bears beat the Redskins 730, the largest score ever in an NFL
game. (The Redskins won their previous regular season game, 73).

See also
List of highways numbered 73

References
1. "Sloane's A003154 : Centered 12-gonal numbers. Also star numbers: 6*n*(n-1) + 1"
(https://oeis.org/A003154). The
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
2. "Sloane's A006567 : Emirps"(https://oeis.org/A006567). The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
. OEIS
Foundation. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
3. http://www.catholicbible101.com/thebible73or66books.htm

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