43 Forty-three is the 14th smallest
prime number.
The previous is
forty-one,
with which it comprises a
twin prime,
and the next is
forty-seven.
43 is the smallest prime that is not a
Chen prime.
It is also the third
Wagstaff prime.
43 is the fourth term of
Sylvester's sequence,
one more than the product of the previous terms (2 × 3 × 7).
43 is a
centered heptagonal number.
Let a(0) = a(1) = 1, and thenceforth a(n) = (a(0)2 + a(1)2 + ... + a(n-1)2) / (n-1).
This sequence continues 1 1 2 3 5 10 28 154... (sequence
A003504 in
OEIS). Amazingly, a(43) is the first term of this sequence that is not an
integer.
43 is a
Heegner number.
43 is a
repdigit in base 6 (111).
43 is the largest natural number that is not an (original)
McNugget number.
This is the smallest number expressible as the sum of 2, 3, 4, or 5 different primes:
- 43 = 41 + 2
- 43 = 11 + 13 + 19
- 43 = 2 + 11 + 13 + 17
- 43 = 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 17.
4
15
17
7
5
19
13
6
20
9
2
12
14
0
11
18
The
date magic square
at right illustrates the
magic constant as the sum of four primes:
When taking the first six terms of the
Taylor series
for computing
e, one obtains
which is also
five minus the fifth
harmonic number.