786 (number)

786 is the integer coming after 785 and before 787.

In mathematics

786 is a sphenic number. 50 can be partitioned into powers of two in 786 different ways OEIS|id=A000123.

786 might be the largest "n" for which the value of the central binomial coefficient $\{\}\_\{2n\}!C\_n$ is not divisible by an odd prime squared. If there is a larger such number, it would have to be at least 157450 (see OEIS2C|id=A059097).

In astronomy

In the New General Catalogue, NGC786 is a magnitude 13.5 spiral galaxy in the constellation Aries. Additionally, 786 Bredichina is an asteroid.

In religion

The Arabic letters of the opening phrase of the Qur'an sum to the numerical value 786 in the system of Abjad numerals. Not all Muslims place emphasis on this numerological analysis; however, some — mostly in Pakistan, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh — use 786 as a substitute for Bismillah ("In the name of Allah" or "In the name of God").

Area code

786 is an area code in Miami-Dade County. As an "overlay" area code, it shares geography with other codes in order to increase the area's pool of usable numbers, bringing ten-digit dialing to the Florida Keys.

In other fields

* Vijay Verma's (Amitabh Bachchan} coolie number in the film Deewar (1975)
* Iqbal Khan (Screen Name of Amitabh Bachchan in Coolie) had this number for his coolie number called billa no. 786.
* Amitabh Bachchan has indicated that he thinks this is an auspicious number as the film Deewar (1975) was his first big hit and while wearing this number during the shooting of the movie Coolie, he was seriously injured but survived.
* Veer Pratap Singh's (Shah Rukh Khan) prisoner number in the film "Veer-Zaara"
* 80786 - 7th generation x86 like Athlon and Intel Pentium 4"
*Combat 786
*786 (year)
* The number (when entered as ##786# or *#786#, as it is coincedentally spelling ##RUN#) is used on some Cellular Telephones to gain access to hidden menus, or to access a network monitor.

External links

* [http://www.e-786.com/4436/17601.html e-786.com Permissible to write 786]
* [http://www.submission.org/miracle/786.html United Submitters analysis of 786]
* [http://members.tripod.com/maseeh1/advices7/id152.htm Myth of 786]