76 (number)

76 (seventy-six) is the natural number following 75 and preceding 77.

In mathematics

Seventy-six is a Lucas number, an automorphic number, a nontotient, a 14-gonal number, a centered pentagonal number, and a telephone number.

Since it is possible to find sequences of 76 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 76 is an Erdős–Woods number.

Karl A. Dahlke proved that 76 heptominoes of this shape ( ), are able to fill a rectangle^[1]

In science

• The atomic number of osmium.
• The Little Dumbbell Nebula in the constellation Pegasus is designated as Messier object 76 (M76).

In other fields

The Bennington Flag features the number 76

Seventy-six is also:

• The Spirit of ’76, patriotic painting by Archibald MacNeal Willard.
• A brand of ConocoPhillips gas stations, 76
• The number of trombonists leading the parade in "Seventy-Six Trombones," from Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man
• Municipal Okrug #76, name of Balkansky Municipal Okrug of Frunzensky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia, before 2008
• The 76ers, a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia
• 76 (album), the debut album of Dutch trance producer and DJ Armin van Buuren

See also

The I-76 western highway is mostly in Colorado, and the I-76 eastern highway is mostly in Pennsylvania

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