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23 (twenty-three) is a positive integer following 22 and preceding 24. Its ordinal form is written "23rd" or "twenty-third".

It is also the highest possible prime factor of any cycle length of any algorithm on an NxNxN puzzle cube.

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In googology[]

  • In Greek-based number-naming systems, 23 is associated with prefix "triaicosa-", and with prefix "treviginti-" in Latin systems.
  • Garrett Wilkinson calls this number the king's dozen.[1]
  • DeepLineMadom calls the number unoo-tradecol.[2]

In pope numbering[]

Its Roman numeral (XXIII) is the highest number, which has been used in a name of a pope (namely, Pope John XXIII) or an antipope (namely, Antipope John XXIII).

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