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The Number 72: Properties and Meanings
Prime Factors of
72=
2x
2x
2x
3x
3
72 can be
Partitioned 37 times with each term no larger than
2.
72 can be
Partitioned 469 times with each term no larger than
3.
72 is an
Abundant Number.
72 is a
25-gonal Number.
The number of equivalent hyperspheres in
6 dimensions which can touch an equivalent hypersphere without any intersections=
72.(Kissing Number)
72 is the maximum number of spheres that can touch another sphere in a lattice packing in
6 dimensions.
The Great Rhombicuboctahedron is an
Archimedean Solid with
72 Edges.
The
Chemical Element Hafnium has an atomic number of
72.
The
72 names of God in the Kabbalistic tradition.
There are
72 skulls on the necklace of Kali, Hindu Goddess of Destruction
In Egyptian mythology: The
72 Assassins of the dark god Set clamped the lid shut on the coffin in which Osiris was trapped- then murdered.
The Year 72 AD
In the year
72 AD Antiochus IV of Syria was deposed by Vespasian.