479

This number is a prime.

+ The largest known prime number that cannot be represented as the sum of less than nineteen fourth powers.

+ The absolute value of n2 - 47n + 479 isn't composite for 0 < n < 47. [Wesolowski]

+ The smallest prime that is the sum of first n consecutive Hoax numbers, (n=6), i.e., 22+58+84+85+94+136=479. [Loungrides]

+ In the 611 distinct-digit squares only the digit 6 appears a prime number of times, appearing 479 times in the 4358 total digits. [Gaydos]

+ The first and last digit of 479 is 7 squared. If we repeat with the digits of 479 we obtain the prime 146479891. Will this procedure work again with 146479891? [Petrov]

+ The pair of consecutive primes (479, 487) is the only pair, at least up to 10^9, of consecutive primes (p,q) such that the reverse of the digits of p is equal to 2*q. [Galliani]

+ An 11-smooth number has only prime factors 2, 3, 5, 7, or 11. 479 is the smallest prime which is not the sum of two 11-smooth numbers. [Drost]

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