199
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A prime Lucas number.

Adding it to 210n provides the smallest 8, 9, and 10 primes in arithmetic progression.

(2199 + 1)/3 is the largest known Wagstaff prime which does not contain all of the individual digits. [Luhn]

199 sets a record low of the Mertens function.

A permutable prime, meaning that 919 and 991 are primes as well. [Trotter]

The smallest number with an additive persistence of 3. [Gupta]

The smallest prime that can be concatenated with the next prime in any order giving two primes: 199211 and 211199. [Gallardo]

The Cape May Lighthouse in New Jersey has 199 steps in the tower's cast iron spiral staircase. [McCranie]

The smallest invertible emirp. [Punches]

In the Goldie Hawn/Chevy Chase movie Foul Play, Ferguson is kidnapped and held at building number 199.

The smallest prime which is the sum of the squares of four distinct primes. [Sladcik]

The X-15 aircraft made 199 flights. [McCranie]

199Hg (Mercury-199) is the heaviest stable atom which has a prime atomic weight. [Hartley]

The half-life of Au-199 is approximately 3.14 days.




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