54 (number)
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| Cardinal | fifty-four | |||
| Ordinal | 54th (fifty-fourth) | |||
| Factorization | 2 × 33 | |||
| Divisors | 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54 | |||
| Greek numeral | ΝΔ´ | |||
| Roman numeral | LIV, liv | |||
| Binary | 1101102 | |||
| Ternary | 20003 | |||
| Senary | 1306 | |||
| Octal | 668 | |||
| Duodecimal | 4612 | |||
| Hexadecimal | 3616 | |||
| Eastern Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, Sindhi | ٥٤ | |||
| Assamese & Bengali | ৫৪ | |||
| Chinese numeral, Japanese numeral | 五十四 | |||
| Devanāgarī | ५४ | |||
| Ge'ez | ፶፬ | |||
| Georgian | ნდ | |||
| Hebrew | נ"ד | |||
| Kannada | ೫೪ | |||
| Khmer | ៥៤ | |||
| Armenian | ԾԴ | |||
| Malayalam | ൫൰൪ | |||
| Meitei | ꯵꯴ | |||
| Thai | ๕๔ | |||
| Telugu | ౫౪ | |||
| Babylonian numeral | 𒐐𒐘 | |||
| Egyptian hieroglyph | 𓎊𓏽 | |||
| Mayan numeral | 𝋢𝋮 | |||
| Urdu numerals | ۵۴ | |||
| Tibetan numerals | ༥༤ | |||
| Financial kanji/hanja | 五拾四, 伍拾肆 | |||
| Morse code | ........._ | |||
| NATO phonetic alphabet | FIFE FOW-ER | |||
| ASCII value | 6 | |||
54 (fifty-four) is the natural number and positive integer following 53 and preceding 55. As a multiple of 2 but not of 4, 54 is an oddly even number and a composite number.
In mathematics
[edit]Number theory
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54 is an abundant number[1] because the sum of its proper divisors (66),[2] which excludes 54 as a divisor, is greater than itself. Like all multiples of 6,[3] 54 is equal to some of its proper divisors summed together,[a] so it is also a semiperfect number.[4] These proper divisors can be summed in various ways to express all positive integers smaller than 54, so 54 is a practical number as well.[5] Additionally, as an integer for which the arithmetic mean of all its positive divisors (including itself) is also an integer, 54 is an arithmetic number.[6]
Trigonometry and the golden ratio
[edit]If the complementary angle of a triangle's corner is 54 degrees, the sine of that angle is half the golden ratio.[7][8] This is because the corresponding interior angle is equal to π/5 radians (or 36 degrees).[b] If that triangle is isoceles, the relationship with the golden ratio makes it a golden triangle. The golden triangle is most readily found as the spikes on a regular pentagram.
If, instead, 54 is the length of a triangle's side and all the sides lengths are rational numbers, the 54 side cannot be the hypotenuse. Using the Pythagorean theorem, there is no way to construct 542 as the sum of two other square rational numbers. Therefore, 54 is a nonhypotenuse number.[9]
However, 54 can be expressed as the area of a triangle with three rational side lengths.[c] Therefore, it is a congruent number.[10] One of these combinations of three rational side lengths is composed of integers: 9:12:15, which is a 3:4:5 right triangle that is a Pythagorean, a Heronian, and a Brahmagupta triangle.
Regular number used in Babylonian mathematics
[edit]As a regular number, 54 is a divisor of many powers of 60.[d] This is an important property in Assyro-Babylonian mathematics because that system uses a sexagesimal (base-60) number system. In base 60, the reciprocal of a regular number has a finite representation. That simplifies multiplication and division because dividing a by b can be done by multiplying a by b's reciprocal when b is a regular number. Babylonian computers kept tables of these reciprocals to make their work more efficient.[11][12]
For instance, division by 54 can be achieved in the Assyro-Babylonian system by multiplying by 4000 because 603 ÷ 54 = 603 × (1/54) = 4000. In base 60, 4000 can be written as 1:6:40.[e] Because the Assyro-Babylonian system does not have a symbol separating the fractional and integer parts of a number[13] and does not have the concept of 0 as a number,[14] it does not specify the power of the starting digit. Accordingly, 1/54 can also be written as 1:6:40.[f][13] Therefore, the result of multiplication by 1:6:40 (4000) is the same as multiplication by 1:6:40 (1/54) once the base-60 representation is interpreted as a number three base-60 digits to the right.[g]
List of basic calculations
[edit]| Multiplication | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 × x | 54 | 108 | 162 | 216 | 270 | 324 | 378 | 432 | 486 | 540 | 594 | 648 | 702 | 756 | 810 | 918 | 972 | 1026 | 1080 | 1134 |
| Division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 ÷ x | 54 | 27 | 18 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 9 | 7.714285 | 6.75 | 6 | 5.4 | 4.90 | 4.5 | 4.153846 | 3.857142 | 3.6 |
| x ÷ 54 | 0.01851 | 0.037 | 0.05 | 0.074 | 0.0925 | 0.1 | 0.1296 | 0.148 | 0.16 | 0.185 | 0.2037 | 0.2 | 0.2407 | 0.259 | 0.27 |
| Exponentiation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54x | 54 | 2916 | 157464 | 8503056 | 459165024 |
| x54 | 1 | 18014398509481984 | 58149737003040059690390169 | 324518553658426726783156020576256 | 55511151231257827021181583404541015625 |
| 54 | 7.34846...[h] | 3.77976... | 2.71080... | 2.22064... |
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In literature
[edit]In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" famously was 42.[16] Eventually, one character's unsuccessful attempt to divine the Ultimate Question elicited "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?"[17] The mathematical answer was 54, not 42. Some readers who were trying to find a deeper meaning in the passage soon noticed the fact was true in base 13: the base-10 expression 5410 can be encoded as the base-13 expression 4213.[18] Adams said this was a coincidence.[19]
Explanatory footnotes
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- ^ 54 can be expressed as: 9 + 18 + 27 = 54.
- ^ There are various ways to prove this, but the algebraic method will eventually show that cos(π/5) = 2*sqrt(5)/4 = phi/2.
- ^ AreaΔ = 1/2 base × height. Therefore, a triangle with a base of 9 and a height of 12 has an area of 54. By the Pythagoean theorem, the hypotenuse of that triangle is 15.
- ^ 603 and its multiples are divisible by 54.
- ^ 1:6:40 = 1×602 + 6×601 + 40×600 = 4000. This is the number written in Babylonian numerals: 𒐕𒐚𒐏.
- ^ 1:6:40 = 1×60-1 + 6×60-2 + 40×60-3 = 1/54. This is the number written in Babylonian numerals: 𒐕𒐚𒐏.
- ^ For example, 6534 ÷ 54 = 121. The Assyro-Babylonian method is to calculate 6534 × 4000 = 26136000. This result can be written in Babylonian numerals as 𒐖𒐕 (2:1), meaning 2×604 + 1×603. To complete the division by 54, one must divide by 603. Shifting the numeral three base-60 digits to the right divides the number by 603, so 𒐖𒐕 (2:1) is already the answer: 2×601 + 1×600 = 121.
- ^ Because 54 is a multiple of 2 but not a square number, its square root is irrational.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A005101 (Abundant numbers (sum of divisors of m exceeds 2m))". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A001065 (Sum of proper divisors (or aliquot parts) of n: sum of divisors of n that are less than n.)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- ^ Zachariou, Andreas; Zachariou, Eleni (1972). "Perfect, Semiperfect and Ore Numbers". Bull. Soc. Math. Grèce. Nouvelle Série. 13: 12–22. MR 0360455. Zbl 0266.10012.
- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A005835 (Pseudoperfect (or semiperfect) numbers)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A005153 (Practical numbers: positive integers m such that every k <= sigma(m) is a sum of distinct divisors of m. Also called panarithmic numbers.)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A003601 (Numbers j such that the average of the divisors of j is an integer: sigma_0(j) divides sigma_1(j). Alternatively, numbers j such that tau(j) (A000005(j)) divides sigma(j) (A000203(j)).)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- ^ Khan, Sameen Ahmed (2020-10-11). "Trigonometric Ratios Using Geometric Methods". Advances in Mathematics: Scientific Journal. 9 (10): 8698. doi:10.37418/amsj.9.10.94. ISSN 1857-8365.
- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A019863 (Decimal expansion of sin(3*Pi/10) (sine of 54 degrees, or cosine of 36 degrees).)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A004144 (Nonhypotenuse numbers (indices of positive squares that are not the sums of 2 distinct nonzero squares).)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- ^ Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A003273 (Congruent numbers: positive integers k for which there exists a right triangle having area k and rational sides.)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation.
- ^ Aaboe, Asger (1965), "Some Seleucid mathematical tables (extended reciprocals and squares of regular numbers)", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 19 (3), The American Schools of Oriental Research: 79–86, doi:10.2307/1359089, JSTOR 1359089, MR 0191779, S2CID 164195082.
- ^ Sachs, A. J. (1947), "Babylonian mathematical texts. I. Reciprocals of regular sexagesimal numbers", Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 1 (3), The American Schools of Oriental Research: 219–240, doi:10.2307/1359434, JSTOR 1359434, MR 0022180, S2CID 163783242
- ^ a b Cajori, Florian (1922). "Sexagesimal Fractions Among the Babylonians". The American Mathematical Monthly. 29 (1): 8–10. doi:10.2307/2972914. ISSN 0002-9890.
- ^ Boyer, Carl B. (1944). "Zero: The Symbol, the Concept, the Number". National Mathematics Magazine. 18 (8): 323–330. doi:10.2307/3030083. ISSN 1539-5588.
- ^ Jackson, Terence (2011-07-01). "95.42 Irrational square roots of natural numbers — a geometrical approach". The Mathematical Gazette. 95 (533): 327–330. doi:10.1017/S0025557200003193. ISSN 0025-5572. S2CID 123995083.
- ^ Adams, Douglas (1979). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. p. 179-80.
- ^ Adams, Douglas (1980). The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. p. 181-84.
- ^ Adams, Douglas (1985). Perkins, Geoffrey (ed.). The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts. London: Pan Books. p. 128. ISBN 0-330-29288-9.
- ^ Diaz, Jesus. "Today Is 101010: The Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question". io9. Archived from the original on 26 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.