About the Number 47 (forty-seven)

On 25 July 2008, computer science professor Randy Pausch died from pancreatic cancer, but I didn't get to blog about it until yesterday (August 3rd). Dr. Pausch was 47 years young at the time of his death.

Today, 4 August 2008, U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama turned 47 years of old.

Here is stuff about the number 47.

   47 is a natural, whole, integer
   47 is odd
   47 is unhappy
   47 is not a Harshad number
   47 is prime
   ...Cousin prime with 43
   ...Safe prime with 23
   ...Sexy prime with 53
   ...Sexy prime with 41
   ...OEIS:002145 (4n+3; n=11)
   ...Left-truncatable
   ...prime triplet {41, 43, 47}
   47 is undulating
   47 in octal is 057
   47 in hexadecimal is 0x2f
   47 in binary is 101111 (is odious)
   47 nearest square numbers: -11...2 (36 [6]...49 [7])
   sqrt(47) = 6.85565
   ln(47) = 3.85015
   log(47) = 1.6721
   47 reciprocal is 0.02127659574468085106382978723404
   47 is 14.9606 Pi years
   47 is 2 score and 7 years

MathBabbler first... 47 is a Carol number.

    a(n) = (2^n - 1)^2 - 2

    a(1) = (2^1 - 1)^2 - 2 = (2 - 1)^2 - 2 = 1^2 - 2 = 1 - 2 = -1
    a(2) = (2^2 - 1)^2 - 2 = (4 - 1)^2 - 2 = 3^2 - 2 = 9 - 2 = 7
    a(3) = (2^3 - 1)^2 - 2 = (8 - 1)^2 - 2 = 7^2 - 2 = 49 - 2 = 47

About 47 from the Cloudy Cloud Calculator...

   47 + 2 = 49   and    47 * 2 = 94

MathBabbler was born in 1947 + 10.

RoadHacker has driven on MO Hwy-47 and NM Hwy-47.

Hmmm... do all numbers equal 47? tech.groups.yahoo.com

Update::2012.09.19

BAB::The Percent 47% Has Gone Viral [19 September 2012]

Update::2013.01.21

GDT had fun with the number 47 on 21 January 2013.

   MathBabbler Number Analyst (MBNA) output:
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   47 is a natural, whole, integer
   47 is odd
   47 proper divisors are: 1,
   47 is deficient (sum of divisors is 1)
   47 is unhappy
   47 is a Squarefree Number
   47 is not a Harshad number
   47 is prime
   ...Cousin prime with 43
   ...Safe prime with 23
   ...Sexy prime with 53
   ...Sexy Triplet prime with 53, 59
   ...Sexy prime with 41
   ...Truman Gerald prime with 17
   ...OEIS:002145 (4n+3; n=11)
   ...Left-truncatable
   ...Eisenstein
   ...prime triplet {41, 43, 47}
   47 is undulating
   47 is a Lucas number(29+18)
   47 is a Thabit number
   47 is ThurmNumber
   47 in octal is 057
   47 in hexadecimal is 0x2f
   47 in binary is 101111 (is odious)
   47 nearest square numbers: -11...2 (36...49 [7])
   sqrt(47) = 6.85565
   ln(47) = 3.85015
   log(47) = 1.6721
   47 reciprocal is .02127659574468085106382978723404
   47! is 2.58623e+59
   47 is 14.9606 Pi years
   47 is 2 score and 7 years
   47 written as a Roman numeral is XLVII
   47 = 24^2 - 23^2 and 24 + 23 = 47

47₁₂ is 55 and MathBabbler was 55 years young when he record this update.

Creator: Gerald Thurman [gthurman@gmail.com]
Created: 04 August 2008