Friday, October 8, 2010

474

474 = 2 x 3 x 79.


474 is a member of the Fibonacci-like sequence starting with 1 and 8: 1, 8, 9, 17, 26, 43, 69, 112, 181, 293, 474, . . .

474 is 3344 in base 5.

474 is the sum of eight consecutive primes: 474 = 43 + 47 + 53 + 59 + 61 + 67 + 71 + 73.

Mathematician and architect Anthemius of Tralles was born in the year 474 and collaborated in building the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.

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