786 (number)
Template:More citations needed Template:Pp Template:For Template:Infobox number 786 (seven hundred [and] eighty-six) is the natural number following 785 and preceding 787.
In mathematics
786 is:
- a sphenic number.
- a harshad number in bases 4, 5, 7, 14 and 16.
- the aliquot sum of 510.
- part of the 321329-aliquot tree. The complete aliquot sequence starting at 498 is: 498, 510, 786, 798, 1122, 1470, 2634, 2646, 4194, 4932, 7626, 8502, 9978, 9990, 17370, 28026, 35136, 67226, 33616, 37808, 40312, 35288, 37072, 45264, 79728, 146448, 281166, 281178, 363942, 424638, 526338, 722961, 321329, 1, 0
786 might be the largest n for which the value of the central binomial coefficient is not divisible by an odd prime squared. If there is a larger such number, it would have to be at least 157450 (see Template:OEIS2C).
In other fields
- In the New General Catalogue, NGC786 is a magnitude 13.5 spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries. Additionally, 786 Bredichina is an asteroid.
- In juggling, 786 as fourhanded Siteswap is also known as French threecount.Template:Cn
In culture
Indian Muslims associate the number with the basmala by summing up of all the numerical values of each Arabic letter making up the phrase.[1] This auspiciousness has led it to often feature in films from the country.
- Vijay Verma's (Amitabh Bachchan) coolie number in the 1975 Hindi film Deewaar.
- Raja's (Rajnikanth) coolie number in the 1981 Tamil film Thee, a remake of Deewaar.
- Iqbal Khan's (Amitabh Bachchan) coolie number in the 1983 Hindi film Coolie.
- Bachchan has indicated that he believes the number is auspicious, as he survived a serious injury while wearing this number during the shooting of Coolie.
- Chiranjeevi sported this number in the 1988 Telugu film Khaidi No.786.
- Veer Pratap Singh's (Shahrukh Khan) prisoner number in the 2004 Hindi film Veer-Zaara.
- Sultan's (Ajay Devgan) car in the 2010 Hindi film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai bears the registration number MRH 786.
- In the 2011 Tamil film Mankatha, in the scene where Vinayak Mahadev (Ajith Kumar) shoots Prem (Premgi Amaren), Prem wears has a gold plate on his chest with the number 786 written on it.
- Ashish R Mohan's 2012 Hindi film Khiladi 786 features Akshay Kumar in the title role. The same film was released in Pakistan without the number 786.[2]