36 and why itâs the best
itâs even, and I am partial to even numbers in general
itâs a perfect square and a triangular number
its square root is also a triangular number (36 is the only number other than 1 which has this property)
it is a highly composite number, meaning that it has more factors than any positive integer before it
itâs semiperfect
itâs the sum of a twin prime pair (17 + 19)Â
itâs the sum of the cubes of the first three positive integers, and itâs the product of the squares of the first three positive integers.
itâs an Erdos-Woods number
it is a Størmer number because 362 + 1 = 1297, a prime greater than 2Ă36
the numbers 1 through 36 sum to 666 (aka the number of the beast)
















