43 (number)
Natural number
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43 (forty-three) is the natural number following 42 and preceding 44.
Mathematics
43 is a prime number, and a twin prime of 41. 43 is the smallest prime that is not a Chen prime. 43 is also a Wagstaff prime,[1] and a Heegner number.[2] 43 is the fourth term of Sylvester's sequence.[3]
43 is the largest prime which divides the order of the Janko group J4.
Dutch mathematician Hendrik Lenstra wrote a mathematical research paper discussing the properties of the number, titled Ode to the number 43.
