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262 (number)

natural number

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 10, 2023
Entity authorityQ617916 ↗
Source-derived summary

262 (two hundred [and] sixty-two) is a natural number preceded by the number 261 and followed by 263. It has the prime factorization 2·131.

Mathematical properties

There are four divisors of this number, the divisors being 1, 2, 131, and 262 itself, which makes it a semiprime.

It is the sixth meandric number, and the ninth open meandric number.

As it cannot be divided into the sum of the proper divisors of any number, it is the 17th untouchable number.

As it eventually reaches 1 when replaced by the sum of the square of each digit, it is the 40th 10-happy number.

As 262 is 262 backwards, it is a palindromic number.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “262 (number)” as natural number. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around number and natural.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 112-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with number and natural providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “262 (number)”, the useful work is to connect “natural number” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 10, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q617916. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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This entry incorporates text from “262 (number)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.