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56 (number)

Field	Value
number	56
divisor	1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56

56 (fifty-six) is the natural number following 55 and preceding 57.

Mathematics

Regular 56-gon, associated by the Pythagoreans with [[Typhon

56 is a composite number, and a tetranacci number.

Mythology

Plutarch states that the Pythagoreans associated a polygon of 56 sides with Typhon and that they associated certain polygons of smaller numbers of sides with other figures in Greek mythology.

Organizations

The symbol of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Brazilian politician Enéas Carneiro had an odd way of repeating the number of his party, "Fifty-Six" (cinquenta e seis, in Portuguese), making it a widely repeated jargon in Brazil.

References

{{Cite OEIS. A000078. Tetranacci numbers
[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Isis_and_Osiris*/B.html Plutarch, ''Moralia'' V: 30]

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