79 is a prime number from 1-100. 79 has 2 factors, 1 and 79. It is the 22nd prime number and the 22nd prime number from 1-100.
Proofs[]
Therefore, 79 has two factors and is prime.
As an Exponent of Mersenne Number[]
279 - 1 is divisible by 2,687, and is therefore not a prime number.
Relationship with other odd numbers[]
The numbers before[]
- 73 is the previous prime number.
- The difference between 79 and 73 is 6. Therefore, they are sexy primes.
- 75 is a composite number; its prime factorization is 3 * 52.
- 77 is also a composite number; its prime factorization is 7 * 11.
The numbers after[]
- 81 is the next odd number. It is a composite number; its prime factorization is 34.
- 83 is the next prime number.
- The difference between 83 and 79 is 4. Therefore, they are cousin primes.
- 85 is a composite number; its prime factorization is 5 * 17.
In science[]
- 79 is the atomic number of gold.
Trivia[]
- 79 is an emirp, since its reverse, 97, is also prime.
- The decimal expansion of gives Pell numbers, similar to how the decimal expansion of gives Fibonacci numbers.
- 79 is a Leyland prime of the second kind, of the form 27 - 72.