83 is a prime number from 1-100. 83 has 2 factors, 1 and 83. It is the 23rd prime number and the 23rd prime number from 1-100. Furthermore, it is the largest prime number spelled without the letter n; equivalently, the largest nban prime.
Proofs[]
Therefore, 83 has two factors and is prime.
As an Exponent of Mersenne Number[]
283 - 1 is divisible by 167, and is therefore not a prime number.
Relationship with other odd numbers[]
The numbers before[]
- 77 is a composite number; its prime factorization is 7 * 11.
- 79 is the previous prime number.
- The difference between 83 and 79 is 4. Therefore, they are cousin primes.
- 81 is a composite number; its prime factorization is 34.
The numbers after[]
- 85 is the next odd number. It is a composite number; its prime factorization is 5 * 17.
- 87 is also a composite number; its prime factorization is 3 * 29.
- 89 is the next prime number.
- The difference between 89 and 83 is 6. Therefore, they are sexy primes.
In science[]
- 83 is the atomic number of bismuth.
Trivia[]
- 83 is the sum of three consecutive primes (23 + 29 + 31) as well as the sum of five consecutive primes (11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23).
- 83 is a super-prime, since its position in the set of all primes (23) is also prime.
- 83 is a Sophie Germain prime, since is also prime.
- 83 is also a safe prime, since is also prime.
- 83 is the amount of right-truncatable primes.