1 (number)
natural number
1 (One) is the first natural number, followed by two. The Roman numeral for one is I.
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Cardinal | one | |||
Ordinal | 1st (first) | |||
Numeral system | unary | |||
Factorization | 1 | |||
Divisors | 1 | |||
Greek numeral | Α´ | |||
Roman numeral | I | |||
Roman numeral (unicode) | Ⅰ, ⅰ | |||
Greek prefix | mono- /haplo- | |||
Latin prefix | uni- | |||
Binary | 12 | |||
Ternary | 13 | |||
Quaternary | 14 | |||
Quinary | 15 | |||
Senary | 16 | |||
Octal | 18 | |||
Duodecimal | 112 | |||
Hexadecimal | 116 | |||
Vigesimal | 120 | |||
Base 36 | 136 | |||
Greek numeral | α' | |||
Persian | ١ - یک | |||
Arabic | ١ | |||
Urdu | ||||
Ge'ez | ፩ | |||
Bengali & Assamese | ১ | |||
Chinese numeral | 一,弌,壹 | |||
Korean | 일, 하나 | |||
Devanāgarī | १ | |||
Telugu | ೧ | |||
Tamil | ௧ | |||
Kannada | ೧ | |||
Hebrew | א (alef) | |||
Khmer | ១ | |||
Thai | ๑ | |||
Malayalam | ൧ | |||
Counting rod | 𝍠 |
Mathematics
In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity. It is sometimes called the "unity".[1] It is also the only number for which these special facts are true:
- Any number multiplied by 1 equals that number: . For example, .
- Any number divided by 1 equals that number: . For example, .
- Any number , except 0, divided by itself equals 1: . For example: .
- 1 cannot be divided by any other number bigger than itself so that the result is a natural number.
In mathematics, 0.999... is a repeating decimal that is equal to 1. Many proofs have been made to show this is correct.[2][3]
Computer science
The number one is important for computer science, because the binary numeral system uses only 1s and 0s to represent numbers. In machine code and many programming languages, one means "true" (or "yes") and zero means "false" (or "no").
Other meanings
- In Germany and Austria, one is the grade for "very good". It is the best grade of six possible grades in Germany, and the best of five possible grades in Austria. In the Netherlands, one is the lowest grade, and ten the highest. In Poland, one is also the lowest grade, and the highest is six.
- In numerology, the number one is a symbol for everything (unity), the beginning, and God.
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