8

Number
$8$ (eight) is:


 * The $2$nd cube number after $1$:
 * $8 = 2^3$


 * The $6$th Fibonacci number after $1, 1, 2, 3, 5$:
 * $8 = 3 + 5$


 * The $2$nd octagonal number after $1$:
 * $1, 8, 21, 40, \ldots$


 * The $6$th Ulam number after $1, 2, 3, 4, 6$:
 * $8 = 2 + 6$


 * Equal to the sum of the digits of its cube:
 * $8^3 = 512$, while $5 + 1 + 2 = 8$


 * The $4$th almost perfect number after $1, 2, 4$:
 * $\sigma \left({8}\right) = 15 = 2 \times 8 - 1$


 * The $3$rd powerful number after $1, 4$


 * The $2$nd Kaprekar triple after $1$:
 * $8^3 = 512 \to 5 + 1 + 2 = 8$


 * The base of the octal number system.


 * The $4$th even number after $2, 4, 6$ which cannot be expressed as the sum of $2$ composite odd numbers.


 * The $6$th after $1, 2, 4, 5, 6$ of the $24$ positive integers which cannot be expressed as the sum of distinct non-pythagorean primes.


 * The $9$th integer $n$ after $0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7$ such that $2^n$ contains no zero in its decimal representation:
 * $2^8 = 256$


 * The $3$rd element of the Fermat set after $1, 3$.


 * The $5$th integer after $0, 1, 2, 4$ which is palindromic in both decimal and ternary:
 * $8_{10} = 22_3$


 * The $4$th of the $5$ known powers of $2$ whose digits are also all powers of $2$:
 * $1, 2, 4, 8, \ldots$


 * The $5$th positive integer which is not the sum of $1$ or more distinct squares:
 * $2, 3, 6, 7, 8, \ldots$


 * The $9$th number after $0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7$ which is (trivially) the sum of the increasing powers of its digits taken in order:
 * $8^1 = 8$


 * The $8$th of the trivial $1$-digit pluperfect digital invariants after $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7$:
 * $8^1 = 8$

Also see

 * Cube which is One Less than a Square
 * Cubic Fibonacci Numbers
 * Positive Integers Equal to Sum of Digits of Cube


 * Eight Convex Deltahedra


 * Definition:Octal Numbers