279 (number)

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Cardinal	two hundred seventy-nine
Ordinal	279th (two hundred seventy-ninth)
Factorization	32 × 31
Divisors	1, 3, 9, 31, 93, 279
Greek numeral	ΣΟΘ´
Roman numeral	CCLXXIX
Binary	1000101112
Ternary	1011003
Senary	11436
Octal	4278
Duodecimal	1B312
Hexadecimal	11716

279 (two hundred [and] seventy-nine) is the natural number following 278 and preceding 280.

In mathematics

• 279 is an odd composite number with two prime factors. ^[1]
• Waring’s Conjecture is g(n)=2n+⌊(3/2)n⌋-2. When 8 is plugged in for n, the result is 279. That means that any positive integer can be formed with at most 279 numbers to the 8th power. ^[2]
• 279 is the smallest number whose product of digits is 7 times the sum of its digits.
• 279 can be written as the sum of 4 nonzero perfect squares. ^[3]

In technology

• The area code of 279 was added to the Sacramento metropolitan area in California. It was added to the code of 916 in that area. ^[4]
• Tyrosine Kinase 2 Inhibitor or TAK-279 Inhibitor is a mediator of IL12 and IL23. TAK-279 is involved with certain inflammatory diseases like lupus and arthritis. TAK-279 inhibition is a possible way to treat these diseases. ^[5]

World Records

• On March 1, 2019, Benjamin Comparot and Carnival du Cor received the Guinness World Record for the largest French horn ensemble. It contained 279 people. ^[6]
• On October 6, 2023, EO Discover Okinawa had 279 people we simultaneously breaking roof tiles as a multi-day event. ^[7]
• On February 21, 2017? Dude Perfect achieved the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to make 5 3 point basketball shots in a time of 2.79 seconds. ^[8]
• On November 11, 2016, the tallest cake pyramid was built by Stratford University. It reached a total height of 2.79m. ^[9]
• In 2011, according to Twinning across the Developing World, Benin has the greatest rate of twins. It has 279 twins per 10000 births. Although some countries have a greater rate, this study is done without modern medicine. ^[10]

Other fields

• The calendar years 279 AD and 279 BC.
• In the French Republican calendar, The year 279 would be a year 2 cycle and be in 2069. ^[11]
• 279 is the number for several highways across the countries of Canada, Japan, and the United States.
• 279 Thule is a D-type asteroid in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Johann Palisa in Vienna and was named after the land of Thule. ^[12]
• In Greenland, for the past 30 years, it has been losing an average of 279 billion tons of ice every year due to global warming. ^[13]

References

1. "Facts about the integer". mathworld.wolfram.com.
2. "Waring's Problem and Conjecture". mathworld.wolfram.com.
3. Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "SequenceA004215(Numbers that are the sum of 4 but no fewer nonzero squares)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences . OEIS Foundation.
4. "279 area code". www.allareacodes.com.
5. Leit, Silvana; Greenwood, Jeremy; Carriero, Samantha; Mondal, Sayan; Abel, Robert; Ashwell, Mark; Blanchette, Heather; Boyles, Nicholas A.; Cartwright, Mark; Collis, Alan; Feng, Shulu; Ghanakota, Phani; Harriman, Geraldine C.; Hosagrahara, Vinayak; Kaila, Neelu; Kapeller, Rosanna; Rafi, Salma B.; Romero, Donna L.; Tarantino, Paul M.; Timaniya, Jignesh; Toms, Angela V.; Wester, Ronald T.; Westlin, William; Srivastava, Bhaskar; Miao, Wenyan; Tummino, Peter; McElwee, Joshua J.; Edmondson, Scott D.; Masse, Craig E. (July 10, 2023). "Tyrosine Kinase 2 Inhibitor TAK-279". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66 (15): 10473–10496. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00600. PMID   37427891.
6. "279 person french horn ensemble". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
7. "279 people breaking roof tiles". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
8. "2.79 seconds for five three point shots". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
9. "2.79 m cake pyramid". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.
10. "2.79 percent twin rate in Benin by natural birth". www.guinnessworldrecords.com.]
11. "French Republican Calendar Guide" (PDF). broadcast.lds.org.
12. "279 Thule information". www.spacereference.org.
13. "Greenland ice levels". climate.nasa.gov.