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| '''42''' ('''forty-two''') is the [[natural number]] immediately following [[41 (number)|41]] and directly preceding [[43 (number)|43]]. The number has received considerable attention in popular culture as a result of its central appearance in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' as the "[[Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (42)|Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything]]".
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| ==Mathematics==
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| * Forty-two is a [[pronic number]] and an [[abundant number]]; its [[prime factorization]] 2 · 3 · 7 makes it the second [[sphenic number]] and also the second of the form { 2 · 3 · ''r'' }. As with all sphenic numbers of this form, the [[aliquot sum|aliquot]] sum is [[abundant number|abundant]] by 12. 42 is also the second sphenic number to be bracketed by [[twin prime]]s; [[30 (number)|30]] is also a pronic number and also rests between two primes. 42 has a 14 member [[aliquot sequence]] 42, 54, 66, 78, 90, 144, 259, 45, 33, 15, 9, 4, 3, 1, 0 and is itself part of the [[aliquot sequence]] commencing with the first sphenic number [[30 (number)|30]]. Further, 42 is the 10th member of the 3-aliquot tree.
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| * It is the third [[primary pseudoperfect number]].
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| * It is a [[Catalan number]]. Consequently; 42 is the number of [[noncrossing partition]]s of a set of five elements, the number of triangulations of a [[heptagon]], the number of rooted ordered binary [[Tree (graph theory)|trees]] with six leaves, the number of ways in which five pairs of nested parentheses can be arranged, etc.
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| * It is the number of [[Integer partition|partitions]] of 10 - the number of ways of expressing 10 as a sum of positive integers (note a different sense of partition from that above).
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| [[File:Simple Magic Cube.svg|thumb|right|The 3 × 3 × 3 magic cube with rows summing to 42.]]
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| * Given 27 same-size cubes whose nominal values progress from 1 to 27, a 3×3×3 [[magic cube]] can be constructed such that every row, column, and corridor, and every diagonal passing through the center, is composed of 3 cubes whose sum of values is 42.
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| * It is the third [[polygonal number|pentadecagonal number]]. It is a [[meander (mathematics)|meandric number]] and an [[meander (mathematics)#Open meandric numbers|open meandric number]].
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| * It is conjectured to be the scaling factor in the [[leading-order|leading order]] term of the "sixth [[moment (mathematics)|moment]] of the [[Bernhard Riemann|Riemann]] [[Riemann zeta function|zeta function]]". In particular, Conrey & Ghosh have conjectured that
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| *: <math>{1 \over T}\int_0^T \left| \zeta\left({1 \over 2} + it\right) \right|^6\,dt \sim {42 \over 9!}\prod_p \left\{1-{1\over p}\right\}^4 \left( 1 + {4 \over p} + {1 \over p^2} \right) \log^9 T, </math>
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| *: where the [[infinite product]] is over all prime numbers, ''p''.<ref>J. B. Conrey & A. Ghosh, "A conjecture for the sixth power moment of the Riemann zeta-function" ''International Mathematics Research Notices'' (1998)</ref><ref>J. B. Conrey & S. M. Gonek, "High moments of the Riemann zeta-function" ''Duke Math J.'' '''107''' 3 (2001): 577 – 604</ref>
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| * 42 is a [[Størmer number]].
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| * In base 10, this number is a [[Harshad number]] and a [[self number]], while it is a [[repdigit]] in base 4 (as 222).
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| * 42 is the only known value that is the number of sets of four distinct positive integers a,b,c,d, each less than the value itself, such that ab-cd, ac-bd, and ad-bc are each multiples of the value. Whether there are other values remains an open question.<ref>[http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath255.htm Differently Perfect - mathpages.com]</ref>
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| * 42 is a (2,6)-perfect number ([[superperfect number|super-multiperfect]]), as <math>\sigma^2(n)=\sigma(\sigma(n))=6n\,</math><ref>[http://oeis.org/A019283 Sequence A019283 in [[OEIS]]]</ref>
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| * 42 is a perfect score on the USA Math Olympiad ([[United States of America Mathematical Olympiad|USAMO]])<ref>[http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/gargoyle/2007/05/zhai_poised_to_represent_unite.htm Alex Zhai ties for second-highest score in 2007 USA Mathematical Olympiad] - By Andrew Lovdahl Gargoyle staff reporter Posted Monday, May 7, 2007, The OG, news & student awards - Online Gargoyle</ref> and [[International Mathematical Olympiad]] (IMO).<ref>CBC News staff, "[http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2004/07/20/math_win040720.html Canadian math champ's skills add up to a perfect score]" [[CBC News]] July 20, 2004. "A 16-year-old Canadian was one of four students who achieved a perfect score at an international mathematics competition. Jacob Tsimerman of Toronto scored 42 out of 42, making him one of 45 individual gold medallists at the 45th International Mathematical Olympiad in Athens."</ref>
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| * 42 is the maximum of core points awarded in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
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| * 42 is the resulting number of the original [[Smith number]] (4937775): Both the sum of its digits (4+9+3+7+7+7+5) as the sum of the digits in its prime factorization (3+5+5+(6+5+8+3+7)) result in 42.
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| * The dimension of the [[Borel subalgebra]] in the [[exceptional Lie algebra]] [[e6 (mathematics)|''e''<sub>6</sub>]] is 42.
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| ==Science==
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| * The [[atomic number]] of [[molybdenum]].
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| * The angle rounded to whole degrees for which a [[Water lens|rainbow]] appears (the critical angle).
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| * In 1966, mathematician [[Paul Cooper (mathematician)|Paul Cooper]] theorized that the fastest, most efficient way to travel across continents would be to bore a straight hollow tube directly through the [[Earth]], connecting a set of [[antipodes]], remove the air from the tube and fall through.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cooper |first=Paul W. |journal=American Journal of Physics |title=Through the Earth in Forty Minutes |volume=34 |year=1966 |issue=1 |pages=68–69 |doi=10.1119/1.1972773 }}</ref> The first half of the journey consists of free-fall acceleration, while the second half consists of an exactly equal deceleration. The time for such a journey works out to be 42 minutes. Even if the tube does not pass through the exact center of the Earth, the time for a journey powered entirely by gravity (known as a [[gravity train]]) always works out to be 42 minutes, so long as the tube remains friction-free, as while the force of gravity would be lessened, the distance traveled is reduced at an equal rate.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842469,00.html |title=To Everywhere in 42 Minutes |accessdate=2008-05-18 |work=Time |date=February 11, 1966 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080512131156/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842469,00.html |archivedate=12 May 2008 <!--DASHBot-->|deadurl=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAFUSbIs5KA |title=Jumping into a 7,965 mile deep hole |accessdate=2008-05-18 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080602142755/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAFUSbIs5KA |archivedate=June 2, 2008 |deadurl=yes }}</ref> (The same idea was proposed, without calculation by [[Lewis Carroll]] in 1893 in ''[[Sylvie and Bruno Concluded]]''.<ref>{{cite book
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| |volume=2 |date=29 December 1893 |publisher=Macmillan and Co. |location=United Kingdom |chapter=Chapter 7
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| |quote=Each railway is in a long tunnel, perfectly straight: so of course the ''middle'' of it is nearer the centre of the globe than the two ends: so every train runs half-way ''down''-hill, and that gives it force enough to run the ''other'' half ''up''-hill.
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| ==Technology==
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| * [[Magic number (programming)|Magic numbers]] used by [[programmer]]s:
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| ** The glyph, or character, corresponding to the number 42 in the [[Printable characters|ASCII]] character set, is *, the [[asterisk]], commonly known as the [[wildcard character]].
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| ** In the [[Tagged Image File Format|TIFF]] image file format, the second [[16-bit]] [[Word (data type)|word]] of every file is 42, which is used together with the first word to indicate [[endianness|byte order]].
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| ** In the [[reiser4]] file system, 42 is the [[inode]] number of the [[root directory]].
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| ** In the military [http://www.irig106.org/docs/106-09/chapter10.pdf IRIG 106 Chapter 10] data recording standard, the hex value 0x464F52545974776F (ASCII "FORTYtwo") is used as a magic number to identify directory blocks.
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| * The [[GNU C Library]], a set of standard routines available for use in [[computer programming]], contains a [[subroutine|function]]—'''<tt>memfrob()</tt>'''—which performs an [[exclusive or|XOR]] combination of a given variable and the [[Binary numeral system|binary]] pattern 00101010 (42) as an [[XOR cipher]].
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| * 42 is the result given by the [[web search engine]]s [[Google]] and [[Wolfram Alpha]] when the query "[[the answer to life the universe and everything]]" is entered as a search.
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| * [[Hexagonal tiling|Tiling a plane using regular hexagons]], which is [[honeycomb]] in appearance, is approximated in a [[Hexagonal tiling#Topologically identical tilings|topological sense]] to an accuracy of better than 1% using a [[Brickwork#Bonds|stretcher bond brick pattern]] with bricks of 42 squares (6 by 7).<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Lee Middleton|author2=Jayanthi Sivaswamy|title=Framework for practical hexagonal-image processing|journal=Journal of Electronic Imaging|volume=11|issue=104|year=2002|url=http://spiedl.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JEIME5000011000001000104000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes&ref=no|doi=10.1117/1.1426078|accessdate=January 17, 2010 (abstract only)}}</ref>
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| * The password expiration policy for a [[Windows domain|Microsoft Windows domain]] defaults to 42 days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maximum password age|url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh994573.aspx|publisher=Microsoft TechNet|accessdate=15 January 2014}}</ref>
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| ==Astronomy==
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| * [[Messier object]] [[Orion Nebula|M42]], a [[apparent magnitude|magnitude]] 5.0 [[diffuse nebula]] in the [[constellation]] [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]], also known as the [[Orion Nebula]]
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| * The [[New General Catalogue]] object NGC 42, a [[spiral galaxy]] in the constellation [[Pegasus (constellation)|Pegasus]]
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| * In January 2004, [[asteroid]] {{mp|2001 DA|42}} was given the permanent name [[25924 Douglasadams]], for the author [[Douglas Adams]] who popularized the number 42 and died in 2001. [[Brian G. Marsden]], the director of the [[Minor Planet Center]] and the secretary for the naming committee, remarked that, with even his initials in the provisional designation, "This was sort of made for him, wasn't it?"
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| * [[Kepler-42]], a red dwarf in the constellation [[Cygnus (constellation)|Cygnus]] around which orbits the three smallest [[exoplanets]] found to date.
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| ==Religion==
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| * In Japanese culture, the number 42 is considered unlucky because the numerals when pronounced separately — "shi ni" (four two) — sound like the phrase, "unto death".<ref>Niiya, Brian. Japanese American history: an A-to-Z reference from 1868 to the present. Facts on File, Inc., 1993, p. 352</ref>
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| * There are 42 principles of [[Ma'at]], the Ancient Egyptian personification of physical and moral law, order, and truth. In the judgment scene described in the Egyptian and the Book of the Coming/Going Forth by Day (the [[Book of the Dead]] (which evolved from the [[Coffin Texts]] and the [[Pyramid Texts]])), there are 42 gods and goddesses of Egypt, personifying the principles of [[Ma'at]]. These 42 correspond to the 42 [[Nome (Egypt)|Nomes]] (Governmental Units) of Egypt. If the departed successfully answers all 42, s/he becomes an [[Osiris]].
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| * 42 is the number with which God creates the Universe in [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic tradition]]. In Kabbalah, the most significant name is that of the En Sof (also known as "[[Ein Sof]]", "Infinite" or "Endless"), who is above the Sefirot (sometimes spelled "[[Sephirot]]").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://physics.ucsc.edu/cosmo/primack_abrams/InABeginningTikkun1995.pdf|title=In A Beginning...Quantum Cosmology and Kabbalah|accessdate=2008-03-14|author1=Joel Primack|author2=Nancy E. Abrams|format=PDF}}</ref> The Forty-Two-Lettered Name contains four combined names which are spelled in Hebrew letters (spelled in letters = 42 letters), which is the name of Azilut (or "[[Atziluth]]" "Emanation"). While there are obvious links between the Forty-Two Lettered Name of the Babylonian Talmud and the Kabbalah's Forty-Two Lettered Name, they are probably not identical because of the Kabbalah's emphasis on numbers. The Kabbalah also contains a Forty-Five Lettered Name and a Seventy-Two Lettered Name.
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| * The number 42 appears in various contexts in [[Christianity]]. There are 42 generations (names) in the [[Gospel of Matthew]]'s version of the [[Genealogy of Jesus]]; it is prophesied that for 42 months the [[The Beast (Revelation)|Beast]] will hold dominion over the Earth ([[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] 13:5); 42 men of Beth-azmaveth were counted in the [[census]] of men of [[Israel]] upon return from exile ([[Book of Ezra|Ezra]] 2:24); [[God]] sent bears to maul 42 of the teenage boys who mocked [[Elisha]] for his baldness ([[Books of Kings|2 Kings]] 2:23), etc.
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| * In [[Judaism]], the number (in the ''Babylonian Talmud'', compiled 375 AD to 499 AD) of the "Forty-Two Lettered Name" ascribed to God. Rab (or Rabhs), a 3rd-century source in the Talmud stated "The Forty-Two Lettered Name is entrusted only to him who is pious, meek, middle-aged, free from bad temper, sober, and not insistent on his rights". [Source: ''Talmud Kidduschin'' 71a, Translated by Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein]. [[Maimonides]] felt that the original Talmudic Forty-Two Lettered Name was perhaps composed of several combined divine names [Maimonides "Moreh"]. The apparently unpronouncable [[Tetragrammaton]] provides the backdrop from the Twelve-Lettered Name and the Forty-Two Lettered Name of the Talmud.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}
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| * The [[Gutenberg Bible]] is also known as the "42-line Bible", as the book contained 42 lines per page.
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| * The [[Forty-Two Articles|Forty-Two Articles (1552)]], largely the work of [[Thomas Cranmer]], were intended to summarise Anglican doctrine, as it now existed under the reign of [[Edward VI]].
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| ==Popular culture==
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| ===''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''===<!-- This section is linked from [[Douglas Adams]] -->
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| The number 42 is, in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]], "The [[Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (42)|Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything]]", calculated by [[Deep Thought (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)|an enormous supercomputer]] over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately no one knows what the question is. Thus, to calculate the Ultimate Question, a special computer the size of a small planet and built from organic components was created and named "Earth". This appeared first in the [[radio play]] and later in the novelization of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''.
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| The fourth book in the series, {{H2G2|book|4|link=yes}}, contains 42 chapters. According to {{H2G2|book|5|link=yes}}, 42 is the street address of [[Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Stavromula Beta|Stavromula Beta]]. In 1994 Adams created the ''[[42 Puzzle]]'', a game based on the number 42.
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| The book ''42: Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything''<ref>{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Peter|title=42: Douglas Adams' Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life the Universe and Everything|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/feb/03/douglas-adams-42-hitchhiker?INTCMP=SRCH|publisher=Guardian|accessdate=03/04/2011|location=London|date=February 3, 2011}}</ref> examines Adams' choice of the number 42 and also contains a compendium of some instances of the number in science, popular culture, and humour.
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| ===Works of Lewis Carroll===
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| [[Lewis Carroll]]<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb346/is_1_38/ai_n29162565/ Lewis Carroll and Douglas Adams]</ref> made repeated use of this number in his writings.<ref>''The Mystery of Lewis Carroll,'' Jenny Woolf</ref>
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| Examples of Carroll's use of 42:
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| * Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has 42 illustrations.
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| * Rule Forty-two in [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] ("All persons more than a mile high to leave the court").
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| * Rule 42 of the Code in the preface<ref>[http://www.snrk.de/snarkhunt/?newpics=no#preface The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll]</ref> to [[The Hunting of the Snark]] ("No one shall speak to the Man at the Helm").
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| * In "fit the first" of [[The Hunting of the Snark]] the Baker had "forty-two boxes, all carefully packed, With his name painted clearly on each."<ref>[http://www.snrk.de/snarkhunt/?newpics=no#025 The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll]</ref>
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| * The White Queen announces her age as "one hundred and one, five months and a day", which - if the best possible date is assumed for the action of ''Through the Looking-Glass'' - gives a total of 37,044 days. With the further (textually unconfirmed) assumption that both Queens were born on the same day their combined age becomes 74,088 days, which is 42 x 42 x 42. Some commentators have asserted that this is deliberate on Carroll's part.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2245647/ What Lewis Carroll Taught Us: Alice's creator knew all about role-playing.] by Seth Lerer, March 4, 2010</ref>
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| ===Music===
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| * [[Level 42]] is an English [[pop music|pop]]/[[rock music|rock]] music band.
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| * "[[42 (song)|42]]" is one of the tracks on [[Coldplay]]'s 2008 album ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]''.
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| * "[[Channel 42 (song)|Channel 42]]" is a track from [[deadmau5]]' 2012 album ''[[Album Title Goes Here]]''.
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| * "[[42 (song)|42]]" is a track by [[The Disco Biscuits]] and was written by "[[Marc Brownstein]]".
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| ===Television and film===
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| * ''[[The Kumars at No. 42]]'' television series. In 2003, [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]] hosted a [[BBC]] show nominating ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' as ''[[Great Britain|Britain]]'s Best Loved Book''.
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| * A made for TV movie ''42: Forty Two Up'' - an installment in a series of documentaries wherein the director revisits the same group of British-born individuals every 7 years.<ref>[[IMDbTitle:0164312|''42: Forty Two Up'']] at IMDB</ref>
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| * "[[42 (Doctor Who)|42]]" is an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', set in [[Real time (media)|real time]] lasting approximately 42 minutes.
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| * The [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS Enterprise D]] had 42 decks
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| * In an episode of ''Stargate Atlantis'' the character John Sheppard reveals that the number is the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything, to the confusion of his alien companion.
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| * On the game show ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', "[[Watson (computer)|Watson]]" the IBM supercomputer, has 42 "threads" in its avatar.<ref>''http://www.slate.com/id/2284721/'' Ken Jennings</ref>
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| * On the ''[[The Unusuals|Unusuals]]'' TV-show there's an episode called "42". Detective Leo Banks recently turned 42. On account of his father, uncle, and grandfather dropping dead at 42, Leo is convinced he'll share their fate. There were 42s all over the episode.
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| * [[42 (film)]] is a film on the life of American baseball player Jackie Robinson.
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| * [[I, Robot (film)]] 42 is the number of the first robot shown in the movie, a FedEx Delivery robot.
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| * 42 is the number of [[Tony Stark]]'s latest armor (Mark 42) in [[Marvel Studios]]' movie [[Iron Man 3]] by [[Shane Black]] starring [[Robert Downey Jr]].
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| ===Video games===
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| * [[42 Entertainment]] is the company responsible for several [[alternate reality game]]s, including ''[[I Love Bees]]'', ''[[Year Zero (game)|Year Zero]]'', and ''Why So Serious''.
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| * In ''[[Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]]'', reaching the center of the galaxy yields a powerful item known as the "Staff of Life" which has a limited 42 uses. It also grants the player an achievement titled "42".
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| * In ''[[Fable II]]'', the last in a series of ancient artifacts the player can find says "Now just think of the number 42."
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| * In ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'', 42 is the number of Moustachios that must be shot in the Dark Carnival campaign's Whack-a-Mole style mini-game in order to unlock the STACH WACKER achievement.
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| * In ''[[Halo Wars]]'' there is a Spartan-II Commando called Douglas-042.
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| ===Sports===
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| [[File:Jrobinson.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jackie Robinson]] in his now-retired number 42 jersey.]]
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| * The [[squad number|jersey number]] of [[Jackie Robinson]], which is the only number retired by all [[Major League Baseball]] teams. Although the number was retired in 1997, [[Mariano Rivera]] of the [[New York Yankees]], the last professional baseball player to wear number 42, continued to wear it until he retired at the end of the 2013 season. As of the 2014 season, no player will ever again wear the number 42 in Major League Baseball except on [[Jackie Robinson Day]] (April 15), when ''all'' uniformed personnel (players, managers, coaches, and umpires) wear the number.
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| * The jersey number of [[basketball Hall of Fame]]r and one of the [[50 Greatest Players in NBA History]] [[James Worthy]], small forward for the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], who retired his jersey number in 1995.
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| * The jersey number of [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|American football Hall of Fame]], [[Ronnie Lott]], safety for the [[San Francisco 49ers]], who retired his jersey number in 2003.
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| * The jersey number of [[Chicago Bears]] legend [[Sid Luckman]], which was retired by the Bears.
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| * The jersey number of [[Pat Tillman]], which was retired on November 13, 2004 by [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State University]].
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| * The jersey number of [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|baseball Hall of Famer]] [[Bruce Sutter]], retired by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] on September 17, 2006.
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| * The number of [[laws of cricket]]
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| * [[Rule 42]] is the historic name of a [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] rule (now codified in Rule 5.1 and Rule 44) that in practice prohibits the playing of "foreign sports" (generally [[association football]] and the [[rugby football|rugby codes]]) at GAA grounds.
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| * 42 is the number of a [[NASCAR]] car owned by [[Earnhardt Ganassi Racing]]. As of the upcoming 2014 season, it will be driven by [[Kyle Larson]].
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| ==Other fields==
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| * the 3D games of TRIADEM use 42 pieces with 6 players and the board structure consists of many occurrences of 42.
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| * +42 is the historic [[Country calling code]] for the former country of [[Czechoslovakia]].
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| * There are 42 US gallons in a barrel of oil.
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| * 42 is the number of the French [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Loire (department)|Loire]]. The number is also reflected in the [[Postal codes in France|postal code]] for that area.
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| * The board game [[Risk (game)]] has forty-two territories
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| * [[Tower 42]] is a skyscraper in the [[City of London]], formerly known as the [[National Westminster Bank|NatWest]] Tower.
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| * The name of a Texan [[trick-taking game]] played with [[dominoes]] (see [[42 (dominoes)]]).
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| * The number of spots (or pips, circular patches or pits) on a pair of standard six-sided [[dice]].
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| * In [[New York City]], [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] is a main and very popular two-way thoroughfare. Landmarks on it include the [[Chrysler Building]], [[Grand Central Terminal]], the main branch of the [[New York Public Library]], and [[Times Square]]. The New York City street is also the setting for a [[42nd Street (film)|movie]] by the same name (which also gave fame to its eponymous title song), and which later inspired a musical adaptation, ''[[42nd Street (musical)|42nd Street]].''
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| * Popular gadget magazine [[Stuff (magazine)|Stuff]] did not produce an issue numbered 42, in honor of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, instead, the 41st issue was followed by the 43rd.
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| * The designation within [[ISO/IEC JTC1|ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7]] of its working group on Architecture was chosen to be "WG 42" because architecture is the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything", skipping over designations 26 through 41.
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| * Fictional comic book superhero [[Miles Morales]] is bitten by a genetically altered spider with a red 42 marked on its abdomen. Morales later assumes the role of [[Spider-Man]] as a result of the bite and following the death of Peter Parker in the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe from [[Marvel Comics]]. Morales also wins a coveted spot in a prestigious charter school after his number (42) is chosen during a lottery.
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| * In the Shakespearean play [[Romeo and Juliet]], Juliet takes a potion that makes her appear dead for 42 hours.
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| * ''42'' is a free tabloid devoted to technology news in [[Huntsville, Alabama]]. It is published by the ''[[Huntsville Times]]'' and is named for "[[Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (42)|The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything]]"
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| ==Other languages==
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| |[[Afrikaans Language|Afrikaans]] || twee-en-veertig
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| |[[Arabic numerals|Arabic]] || إثنان و أربعون
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| |[[Basque language|Basque]] || Berrogeita bi
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| |[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || четиридесет и две
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| |[[Catalan language|Catalan]] || quaranta-dos
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| |[[Chinese numerals|Chinese]] || 四十二 (肆拾贰)
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| |[[Chuvash numerals|Chuvash]] || хĕрĕх иккĕ (IIXXXX)
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| |[[Croatian language|Croatian]] || četrdesetdva
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| |[[Czech language|Czech]] || čtyřicet dva
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| |[[Danish language|Danish]] || toogfyrre
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| |[[Dutch language|Dutch]] || tweeënveertig
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| |[[Esperanto]] || kvardek du
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| |[[Estonian language|Estonian]] || nelikümmend kaks
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| |[[Finnish language|Finnish]]||neljäkymmentäkaksi
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| |[[Filipino language|Filipino]] || apatnapu't dalawa
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| |[[French language|French]] || quarante-deux
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| |[[West Frisian language|Frisian]] || twaenfjirtich
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| |[[Georgian language|Georgian]] || ორმოცდაორი [ormocdaori]
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| |[[German language|German]] || zweiundvierzig
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| |[[Greek language|Greek]]|| σαράντα δύο
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| |[[Hebrew numerals|Hebrew]] || ארבעים ושתיים (arbayim u-shtayim)
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| |[[Hindi language|Hindi]] || बयालीस, ४२
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| |[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || negyvenkettő
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| |[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] || fjörutíu og tveir
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| |[[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] || empat puluh dua
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| |[[Irish Language|Irish]] || daichead ceathar
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| |[[Italian language|Italian]] || quarantadue
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| |[[Japanese writing system|Japanese]]|| 四十二 (よんじゅうに)
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| |[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] || Қырық екі
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| |[[Korean writing system|Korean]]|| 사십이 (마흔둘)
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| |[[Kannada Language|Kannada]] || Nalavath yeradu
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| |[[Latvian language|Latvian]]|| četrdesmit divi
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| |[[Lithuanian language|Lietuvių]]|| keturiasdešimt du
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| |[[Lojban]]|| vore
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| |[[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]|| zweeavéierzeg
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| |[[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] || четириесет и два
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| |[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] || naalpathi randu
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| |[[Maltese language|Maltese]] || tnejn u erbghin
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| |[[Maori language|Māori]] || whā tekau ma rua
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| |[[Marathi language|Marathi]] || bechalis
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| |[[Mongolian language|Mongolian]] || дөчин хоёр
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| |[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || førtito
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| |[[Persian language|Persian]] || چهل و دو
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| |[[Polish language|Polish]] || czterdzieści dwa
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| |[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || quarenta e dois
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| |[[Romanian language|Romanian]] || patruzeci și doi
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| |[[Russian language|Russian]] || сорок два
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| |[[Serbian language|Serbian]] || четрдесет и два (alt. четрдесет два)
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| |[[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] || හතලිස් දෙක (Hathalis Deka)
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| |[[Slovene language|Slovene]] || dvainštirideset
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| |[[Slovak language|Slovak]] || štyridsaťdva
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| |[[Somali language|Somali]] || laba iyo afartan
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| |[[Spanish language|Spanish]] || cuarenta y dos
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| |[[Swedish language|Swedish]] || fyrtiotvå
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| |[[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || apatnapu't dalawa
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| |[[Tamil language|Tamil]] || நாற்பத்திரண்டு (Narpatti Errundu)
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| |[[Telugu language|Telugu]] || నలభై రెండు (Nalabai Rendu)
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| |[[Thai language|Thai]] || สี่สิบสอง
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| |[[Turkish language|Turkish]] || kırk iki
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| |[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] || Сорок два
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| |[[Urdu]] || بیالیس
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| |[[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]||bốn mươi hai
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| |[[Welsh language|Welsh]] || pedwar-deg-dau, dau-ar-ddeugain
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| ==External links==
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| {{Wiktionary|forty-two}}
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| * {{cite web|last=Grime|first=James|title=42 and Douglas Adams|url=http://www.numberphile.com/videos/42.html|work=Numberphile|publisher=[[Brady Haran]]|author2=Gerardo Adesso|author3=Phil Moriarty}}
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| {{Integers|zero}}
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| {{commons category|42 (number)}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:42 (Number)}}
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