Sixty-four
| Sixty-four | |
|---|---|
| 64 | |
| presentation | |
| Roman | LXIV |
| dual | 100 0000 |
| Octal | 100 |
| Duodecimal | 54 |
| Hexadecimal | 40 |
| Morse code | - · · · · · · · - - |
| Mathematical properties | |
| sign | positive |
| parity | straight |
| Factorization | |
| Divider | 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 |
The sixty-four (64) is the natural number between 63 and 65. It is just a centered triangular number and a power of two to the power of 6, that is: 2 6 = 64. Thus, it is the smallest of 0 and 1, different number either
- Square number (because 64 = 2 6 = (2 3 ) 2 = 8 2 ) as well
- Cube number (because 64 = 2 6 = (2 2 ) 3 = 4 3 ).
Since 64 = 2 6 , it corresponds to one with six zeros in the dual system , and since 64 = 4 * 16, it is also a round number in the hexadecimal system , which is represented by the sequence of digits "40".
In practice, the 64 is of outstanding importance in the following areas:
- In the game of kings, chess , it plays a legendary role as the number of squares on a chessboard .
- There are 64 hexagrams that can be combined from the basic elements of the Chinese oracle book I Ching .
- The reciprocal of the power of two 64 is used in music as the sixty-fourth note to denote the duration of the tone.
- 64 triplets form the genetic code .
- In chemistry , the number 64 is the atomic number of gadolinium .
See also
- The year 64