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17 is my number

17 is my number. It has been my school number before. Also,I just like the sound when people say it. Why is it my favorite number?

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17 is my number

It has been my school number before. Also,I just like the sound when people say it.

Why is it my favorite number?

Seventeen is the 7th prime number. 17 is odd 17 is the only positive Genocchi number that is prime 17 is known as the Feller number, after the famous

mathematician William Feller who taught at Princeton University for many years. Feller would say, when discussing an unsolved mathematical problem, that if it could be proved for the case n = 17 then it could be proved for all positive integers n. He would also say in lectures, "Let's try this for an arbitrary value of n, say n = 17."[3]

Mathematical facts!

The atomic number of chlorine. In the United States, it is the age at which one may

purchase, rent, or reserve M-rated video games without parental consent.

At this age one can apply for a Private Pilot License (however the applicant can start training at 16).

In the Harry Potter universe 17 is the coming of age for wizards. It is equivalent to the usual coming of age at 18.

17 is the number of Sickles in one Galleon in the British wizards' currency

17 in the real world

Described at MIT as 'the least random number', according to hackers' lore. This is supposedly because in a study where respondents were asked to choose a random number from 1 to 20, 17 was the most common choice.

The most famous Ford number in the V8 Supercar championship, Driven by Dick Johnson to bring 5 Australian Touring Car Championships to his name. Now driven by son Steven Johnson.

The fear of the number 17 is called 'heptadecaphobia' or 'heptakaidekaphobia'.

The number to call Police in France.

Other facts about 17

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