42

Number
$42$ (forty-two) is:


 * $2 \times 3 \times 7$


 * The $8$th abundant number after $12, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, 40$:
 * $1 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 7 + 14 + 21 = 54 > 42$


 * The $10$th semiperfect number after $6, 12, 18, 20, 24, 28, 30, 36, 40$:
 * $42 = 7 + 14 + 21$


 * The $4$th positive integer after $1, 3, 14$ of which the product of its Euler $\phi$ function and its $\tau$ function equals its $\sigma$ function:
 * $\phi \left({42}\right) \tau \left({42}\right) = 12 \times 8 = 96 = \sigma \left({42}\right)$