176 (number) explained

176 (one hundred [and] seventy-six) is the natural number following 175 and preceding 177.

In mathematics

176 is an even number and an abundant number. It is an odious number, a self number, a semiperfect number, and a practical number.^[1]

176 is a cake number,^[2] a happy number, a pentagonal number, and an octagonal number. 15 can be partitioned in 176 ways.

The Higman–Sims group can be constructed as a doubly transitive permutation group acting on a geometry containing 176 points,^[3] and it is also the symmetry group of the largest possible set of equiangular lines in 22 dimensions, which contains 176 lines.

In astronomy

• 176 Iduna is a large main belt asteroid with a composition similar to that of the largest main belt asteroid, 1 Ceres
• Gliese 176 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Taurus
• Gliese 176 b is a super-Earth exoplanet in the constellation of Taurus. This planet orbits close to its parent star Gliese 176

In the Bible

• Minuscule 176 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament
• 176 is the highest verse number in the Bible. Found in Psalm 119.

In the military

• Attack Squadron 176 United States Navy squadron during the Vietnam War
• was a United States Navy troop transport during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War
• was a United States Navy during World War II
• was a United States Navy during World War II
• was a United States Navy Porpoise-class submarine during World War II
• was a United States Navy during World War II
• was a United States Navy following World War I
• was a United States Navy Sonoma-class fleet tug during World War II
• 176th Wing is the largest unit of the Alaska Air National Guard

In transportation

• Heinkel He 176 was a German rocket-powered aircraft
• London Buses route 176
• 176th Street, Bronx elevated station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway

In other fields

176 is also:

• The year AD 176 or 176 BC
• 176 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 792 - 793 CE
• The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unsepthexium

See also

• List of highways numbered 176
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 176
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 176

External links

• Number Facts and Trivia: 176
• The Number 176
• The Positive Integer 176
• VirtueScience: 176
• Number Gossip: 176

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sloane's A005153 : Practical numbers. The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. 2016-05-28.
2. Web site: Sloane's A000125 : Cake numbers. The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation. 2016-05-28.
3. Book: Wilson, Robert A. . The Finite Simple Groups . 2009 . Springer London . 978-1-84800-987-5 . Graduate Texts in Mathematics . 251 . London . 212 . 10.1007/978-1-84800-988-2 . Robert Arnott Wilson.