Guy's "strong law of small numbers " states that there aren't enough small numbers to meet the many demands made of them.
Guy (1988) also gives several interesting and misleading facts about small numbers:
1. 10% of the first 100 numbers are square numbers .
2. A quarter of the numbers primes .
3. All numbers less than 10, except for 6, are prime powers .
4. Half the numbers less than 10 are Fibonacci numbers .
See also Large Number ,
Strong
Law of Small Numbers
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References Friedman, E. "What's Special About This Number?" https://erich-friedman.github.io/numbers.html . Guy,
R. K. "The Strong Law of Small Numbers." Amer. Math. Monthly 95 ,
697-712, 1988. Le Lionnais, F. Les
nombres remarquables. Wells, D.
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Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha Small Number
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