23

Number
$23$ (twenty-three) is:


 * The $9$th prime number, after $2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19$


 * The first of the first pair of consecutive prime numbers which differ by $6$:
 * $23, 29: 29 - 23 = 6$


 * The first of the only two positive integers needing as many as $9$ positive cubes to express it:
 * $23 = 2^3 + 2^3 + 1^3 + 1^3 + 1^3 + 1^3 + 1^3 + 1^3 + 1^3$
 * The other is $239$.


 * The number of digits in its factorial:
 * $23! = 25 \, 852 \, 016 \, 738 \, 884 \, 976 \, 640 \, 000$
 * which has $23$ digits


 * The $4$th of $5$ primes of the form $2 x^2 + 5$:
 * $2 \times 3^2 + 5 = 23$


 * The smallest integer greater than $1$ which is not the sum of two Ulam numbers.


 * The number of unit rods required to brace a unit square when rods may not cross.

Also see

 * Hilbert-Waring Theorem: Cubes
 * Smallest Integer not Sum of Two Ulam Numbers
 * Square-Bracing Problem: Non-Crossing Rods