45 (number)

← 44 45 46 →
← 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 → List of numbers; Integers; ← 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 →
Cardinal	forty-five
Ordinal	45th; (forty-fifth)
Factorization	32 × 5
Divisors	1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45
Greek numeral	ΜΕ´
Roman numeral	XLV
Binary	1011012
Ternary	12003
Senary	1136
Octal	558
Duodecimal	3912
Hexadecimal	2D16

45 (forty-five) is the natural number following 44 and preceding 46.

In mathematics

45 as the difference of two nonzero squares (in orange)

45 is an odd number and a Størmer number. 45 degrees is half of a right angle. It is also is the smallest positive number that can be expressed as the difference of two nonzero squares in more than two ways: $7^{2}-2^{2}$ , $9^{2}-6^{2}$ or $23^{2}-22^{2}$ .^[1]

In science

The atomic number of rhodium

Astronomy

Messier object M45, a magnitude 1.4 open cluster in the constellation Taurus, also known as the Pleiades
The New General Catalogue object NGC 45, a magnitude 10.6 spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

In music

A type of gramophone record classified by its rotational speed of 45 revolutions per minute (rpm)
Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 45 is called the "Farewell Symphony"
The group Stars on 45 and its self-titled 1981 song, "Stars on 45"
45, the title of a 1982 album by Kino
"45 and Fat", a 1996 song by Babybird
"Forty-Five", the title of a 2000 song by The Atomic Bitchwax
"45", the title of a 2002 song by Elvis Costello, both referring to the 45 rpm singles and to the artist's age when he wrote the song.
"45", the title of a 2003 song by Shinedown
"45", the title of a 2006 song by noodles
"45", the title of a 2007 song by The Saturday Knights
"Do the 45", the title of a 2007 song by Ryan Shaw
"45", the title of a 2012 song by The Gaslight Anthem
forty-five is repeated continuously in the lyrics of the 1997 song "Brimful of Asha" by Cornershop

In other fields

Forty-five may also refer to:

The '45 refers to the Jacobite rising of 1745 in Great Britain, or the year that World War II ended, which was 1945.
A card game: Forty-five.
.45, a 2006 motion picture.
+45 is the telephone dialing code for Denmark.
45, a book of essays by record producer Bill Drummond, derived both from the speed of a pop single and from his age when he finished writing it.
A football match consists of two periods of 45 minutes each.
Guns or ammunition of .45 caliber. In the United States, "45" is often a reference to one of two specific .45 caliber cartridges—the .45 Colt or the .45 ACP.
The number of the French department Loiret.
The maximum mark an International Baccalaureate student can obtain.
In years of marriage, the sapphire wedding anniversary.
Forty-five (audio drama), a Big Finish 2008 audio play made for the forty fifth anniversary of the British science fiction television show Doctor Who.
Issue 45 of The North Briton was thought to be seditious but its publisher, John Wilkes, was celebrated as a champion of liberty. The number 45 was used as a symbol of support for him. Banquets were held with a theme of 45 while many items were produced showing the number or featuring it in some way. For example, a wig was produced with 45 curls.^[2]
The number of the laps of the German Grand Prix from 1978 until 2001 (except 1985 because the race was held at Nürburgring).
Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States.

References

^ (sequence A334078 in the OEIS)
^ Arthur Hill Cash (2007), John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty, Yale University Press, p. 219, ISBN 978-0-300-12363-0

[1] (sequence A334078 in the OEIS)

[2] Arthur Hill Cash (2007), John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty, Yale University Press, p. 219, ISBN 978-0-300-12363-0

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