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Number Buffet

Number analysis

8,128

The fourth perfect number, known to the Greeks.

The fourth perfect number, known to the Greeks.

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The number itself

Value
8,128
Digits
4
Digit sum
19

8 + 1 + 2 + 8

Digit sum repeated until one digit remains; equals n mod 9 (with 9 for multiples of 9).

Reversed
8,218

Reverses to 8,218.

Parity and primality

Parity
Even

Divisible by 2.

Prime
No

Composite — it factors as 2^6 × 127.

Prime factorisation
2^6 × 127

2 distinct prime factors, 7 with multiplicity.

Squarefree
No

At least one prime appears squared.

Möbius μ(n)
0

Zero, because a squared prime divides n.

Nearest primes
8,123 ← → 8,147

A gap of 24 between them.

Divisors

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 127, 254, 508, 1,016, 2,032, 4,064, 8,128

Aliquot sum
8,128

The proper divisors — everything except n itself.

Classification
Perfect

Its proper divisors sum to exactly itself.

How many integers from 1 to n share no factor with n.

Sums and additive structure

Sum of two squares
No

A prime congruent to 3 mod 4 divides it an odd number of times, which rules it out.

Sum of three squares
No

Excluded by Legendre: it has the form 4^a(8b + 7).

Sum of four squares
Yes

Lagrange's four-square theorem: every non-negative integer is, without exception.

Goldbach pair
5 + 8,123

The smallest pair of primes summing to n. Goldbach’s conjecture says one always exists; it remains unproven.

Shapes and sequences

Triangular number
Yes — the 127th
Hexagonal number
Yes — the 64th

Digit curiosities

Repeatedly summing the squares of its digits reaches 1.

Harshad number
No

Not divisible by its digit sum 19.

Collatz trajectory
52 steps to 1

Peaks at 8,128 along the way.

Written other ways

Binary
1111111000000
Octal
17700
Base 36
69S

Standard Roman numerals only run from 1 to 3,999.

In words
eight thousand one hundred and twenty-eight
Scientific notation
8.128 × 10^3

Is 8,128 a prime number?

Composite — it factors as 2^6 × 127.

Nearby numbers

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References

Further reading: Wikipedia · Wikidata

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