8979

8979 is the natural number that follows 8978 and precedes 8980. It is an odd, composite integer with a square-free factorization.

Its prime factorization is 3 × 41 × 73, meaning 8979 is divisible by 3, 41, and 73 and has eight positive divisors: 1, 3, 41, 73, 123, 219, 2993, and 8979. Because its prime factors include 3 (a prime congruent to 3 modulo 4) with odd exponent, 8979 cannot be expressed as a sum of two squares.

In common numeral systems, 8979 is written as 8979 in decimal, 10001100010011 in binary, and 0x2313 in hexadecimal.

Additional properties include that the digit sum is 8 + 9 + 7 + 9 = 33, giving a decimal digital root of 6. It is divisible by 3, as indicated by the digit sum, and is not divisible by 9 since 33 is not a multiple of 9. Modulo arithmetic reveals 8979 ≡ 0 (mod 3) and 8979 ≡ 3 (mod 4), with a mod 9 value of 6.

As a product of three distinct primes, 8979 is an example of a square-free composite number with multiple distinct prime factors. It does not belong to simple closed-form sequences beyond its role as a representative of numbers with three distinct prime factors in number-theory discussions.