NumberOpedia

  • 1 is the first positive odd number.
  • The Roman numeral representation for the number 1 is I.
  • 1 is by convention neither a prime number nor a composite number.
  • One of the two factors of a prime number is 1.
  • 1 is the smallest possible difference between two distinct natural numbers.
  • Two intersecting lines in 2D can meet at only 1 point.
  • 1 is the multiplicative identity element for any real (or complex number). If we multiply any number by 1, we get that number again.
  • The first power of any number is that number. That is, a1 = a for every number a.
  • The number 1 raised to any power is equal to 1. That is, 1n = 1 for every integer n.
  • If the product of two natural numbers is 1, then they must both be 1.
  • The number 1 is represented by both the repeating decimals 1.000… and 0.999….
  • 1 is the factorial value for both 0 and 1: 0! = 1 and 1! = 1. The number 1 is triangular, square, tetrahedral, pyramidal, and octahedral.
  • If the number of performers in an artistic presentation is 1, then it is called a solo act.
  • A set with 1 element is called a singleton.
  • Numbers like 1, 11, 111, … made up entirely of the digit 1, are repunits.
  • The number 1 is one of two numbers whose Roman numeral spells an English word. What is the other?
  • In a deck of cards, the ace stands for the number 1.
  • 1 is the probability of a sure event.
  • 1 is the first and second number in the Fibonacci sequence.
  • 1 is the magnitude, absolute value, or norm of a unit complex number, unit vector, and a unit matrix.
  • In Boolean algebra, 1 represents the value for on. At any given point on the circle, only 1 tangent and 1 normal can be drawn passing through that point.

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