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22 (Number) : Hematics

Twenty-two (22) is an even composite number with many mathematical properties and appearances across different domains. It is the sixth discrete semiprime number, has an aliquot sum of 14, and its factors are 1, 2, and 11. Twenty-two also appears frequently in areas like religion (the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet), playing cards (number of major arcana cards in tarot decks), and sports (jersey numbers retired in several leagues, pitch length in cricket). Twenty-two also refers to calibers of ammunition, car numbers in racing, and is the subject of songs in music.

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22 (Number) : Hematics

Twenty-two (22) is an even composite number with many mathematical properties and appearances across different domains. It is the sixth discrete semiprime number, has an aliquot sum of 14, and its factors are 1, 2, and 11. Twenty-two also appears frequently in areas like religion (the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet), playing cards (number of major arcana cards in tarot decks), and sports (jersey numbers retired in several leagues, pitch length in cricket). Twenty-two also refers to calibers of ammunition, car numbers in racing, and is the subject of songs in music.

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22 (number)

hematics
Twenty-two is an even composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2 and 11. 22 is the sixth
discrete semiprime and the fourth in the (2.q) family. With 21 it forms the second discrete
semiprime pair. 22 has an aliquot sum of 14 and is the fifth composite number found in the 7-
aliquot tree. It has a 7- member aliquot sequence 22, 14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0 of which the next two
members are themselves discrete semiprimes, 22 is the first discrete semiprime exhibiting this
property. 169 also has 14 as its aliquot sum. 22 is itself the aliquot sum of two numbers 20, 38.
Twenty-two is a pentagonal number and a centered heptagonal number. When cutting a circle
with just six line segments, the maximum number of pieces that can be so created is 22,
[1]
thus 22
is a central polygonal number (see lazy caterer's sequence).
The sum of the totient function for the first eight integers is 22. 22 is a Perrin number, preceded
in the sequence by 10, 12, 17.
22 divided by 7 approximates the irrational number , the ratio of the circumference of a circle to
its diameter.
Since it is possible to find sequences of 22 consecutive integers such that each inner member
shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 22 is an ErdsWoods number.
It is a Smith number in base 10.
In physics and chemistry
The atomic number of titanium is 22.
In religion
There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet
In the Kabbalah, there are 22 paths between the Sephirot
In playing cards
Traditional Tarot decks have 22 cards with allegorical subjects. These serve as trump
cards in the game. The Fool is usually a kind of wild-card among the trumps and
unnumbered, so the highest trump is numbered 21. Occult Tarot decks usually have 22
similar cards which are called Major Arcana by fortune-tellers. Occultists have related
this number to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the 22 paths in the Kabbalistic
Tree of Life.
In sports
In rugby union:
o The "22" is a line in each half of the field which is 22 meters from the respective
try line. It has significance in a number of laws particularly relating to kicking the
ball away.
o In all international matches and almost all top-level league competitions, each
team is allowed to name a squad of 22 players for a given match.
In Australian rules football:
o Each team is allowed a squad of 22 players (18 on the field and 4 interchanges).
o In the top-level Australian Football League, each team plays 22 matches in the
regular (or "home-and-away") season.
22 is the number of players on the field in a football (soccer) match, and also the number
of players on the field at any one time in an American football match.
The jersey number 22 has been retired by several North American sports teams in honor
of past playing greats:
o In Major League Baseball:
The Baltimore Orioles, for Hall of Famer Jim Palmer.
o In the NBA:
The Boston Celtics, for Hall of Famer Ed Macauley.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, for Larry Nance.
The Dallas Mavericks, for Rolando Blackman.
The Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers, both for Hall of Famer
Clyde Drexler.
The Los Angeles Lakers, for Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor.
The Lakers have separately honored #22 for Hall of Famer Slater Martin,
who wore the number before Baylor when the team was the Minneapolis
Lakers.
The New York Knicks, for Hall of Famer Dave DeBusschere.
o In the NFL:
The Baltimore Colts retired #22 for Buddy Young. Since the team's
controversial relocation to Indianapolis, the current Indianapolis Colts
have not retired any numbers, but continue to honor all numbers retired by
the franchise in Baltimore.
The Detroit Lions, for Hall of Famer Bobby Layne.
The Dallas Cowboys have a policy of not retiring numbers. However, the
team has not issued #22 since Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith left the team in
2002.
o In the NHL:
The New York Islanders, for Hall of Famer Mike Bossy.
The length of a cricket pitch is 22 yards.
"22" is a common name for the .22 calibre .22 Long Rifle cartridge.
"22" is the number of a car in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series currently owned by Penske
Racing. Joey Logano has the Sprint Cup ride in 2014.
"22" was the number of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes in 2008 and is the number
of Jenson Button's Brawn-Mercedes in 2009, both winning the drivers' championship that
year.
In music
The name of a song by punk band Millencolin.
In Jay-Z's song "22 Two's", he rhymes the words: too, to and two, 22 times in the first
verse.
Iron Maiden has a song named "22 Acacia Avenue".
Death Metal band Hypocrisy album "Catch 22" released in year 2002.
Lily Allen has a song titled "22" from her album It's Not Me, It's You.
Paul Weller has a song and album named 22 Dreams. The album contains 22 songs on it,
including the song "22 Dreams".
The Norwegian electronica project Ugress uses 22 as a recurring theme. All four albums
features a track with 22 in the title.
Taylor Swift has a song from her fourth album Red titled "22".

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