Number analysis
17
Considered unlucky in Italy, because the Roman XVII anagrams to VIXI — "I have lived", i.e. I am dead.
Considered unlucky in Italy, because the Roman XVII anagrams to VIXI — "I have lived", i.e. I am dead.
The number itself
- Value
- 17
- Digits
- 2
- Digit sum
- 8
- Reversed
- 71
- Palindrome
- No
1 + 7
Digit sum repeated until one digit remains; equals n mod 9 (with 9 for multiples of 9).
Reverses to 71.
Parity and primality
- Parity
- Odd
- Prime
- Yes
- Squarefree
- Yes
- Möbius μ(n)
- -1
- Fermat prime
- 2^4 + 1
- Twin prime
- Yes — paired with 19
- Nearest primes
- 13 ← → 19
Leaves remainder 1 on division by 2.
Divisible only by 1 and itself.
1 distinct prime factor, 1 with multiplicity.
No prime divides it twice.
(−1) to the power of 1 distinct prime factors.
A gap of 6 between them.
Divisors
- Aliquot sum
- 1
- Classification
- Deficient
1, 17
The proper divisors — everything except n itself.
Its proper divisors fall short by 16.
How many integers from 1 to n share no factor with n.
Sums and additive structure
- Sum of two squares
- Yes
- Sum of three squares
- Yes
- Sum of four squares
- Yes
1² + 4² = 17
Legendre's three-square theorem allows it.
Lagrange's four-square theorem: every non-negative integer is, without exception.
Shapes and sequences
- Figurate shapes
- None
Not triangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, cubic, Fibonacci, Lucas, Catalan, factorial or a power of two.
Digit curiosities
- Happy number
- No
- Harshad number
- No
- Collatz trajectory
- 12 steps to 1
Summing the squares of its digits falls into the 4 → 16 → 37 → … → 4 cycle.
Not divisible by its digit sum 8.
Peaks at 52 along the way.
Written other ways
- Binary
- 10001
- Octal
- 21
- Hexadecimal
- 11
- Base 36
- H
- Roman numerals
- XVII
- In words
- seventeen
- Scientific notation
- 1.7 × 10^1
Is 17 a prime number?
Yes. 17 has no divisors other than 1 and itself.
Nearby numbers
Other numeral systems
Beyond the bases and Roman numerals above, these notations write 17 their own way.
- Greek (alphabetic)
- ΙΖʹ
- Babylonian cuneiform
- 𒌋𒐛
- Tamil
- ௰௭
References
Further reading: Wikipedia · MathWorld · Wikidata
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