In Mathematics
- 173 is an odd number, a deficient number, and an odious number. It is a balanced prime, an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part, and a Sophie Germain prime. It is also an inconsummate number.
173 is the sum of 2 squares: . It is also the sum of three consecutive prime numbers: 53 + 59 + 61.
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