16807 is the
natural number
In mathematics, the natural numbers are those numbers used for counting (as in "there are ''six'' coins on the table") and ordering (as in "this is the ''third'' largest city in the country").
Numbers used for counting are called ''Cardinal n ...
following 16806 and preceding 16808.
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In mathematics
As a number of the form ''n''
''n'' − 2 (16807 = 7
5), it can be applied in
Cayley's formula
In mathematics, Cayley's formula is a result in graph theory named after Arthur Cayley. It states that for every positive integer n, the number of trees on n labeled vertices is n^.
The formula equivalently counts the number of spanning trees ...
to count the number of
trees
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are u ...
with seven labeled nodes.
In other fields
* Several authors have suggested a
Lehmer random number generator The Lehmer random number generator (named after D. H. Lehmer), sometimes also referred to as the Park–Miller random number generator (after Stephen K. Park and Keith W. Miller), is a type of linear congruential generator (LCG) that oper ...
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External links
16807 : facts & properties
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