279 (number)

279 (two hundred [and] seventy-nine) is the natural number following 278 and preceding 280.

In mathematics

 * 279 is an odd composite number with two prime factors.
 * Waring’s Conjecture is g(n)=2n+⌊(3/2)n⌋-2. When 8 is plugged in for n, the result is 279. That means that any positive integer can be formed with at most 279 numbers to the 8th power.
 * 279 is the smallest number whose product of digits is 7 times the sum of its digits.
 * 279 can be written as the sum of 4 nonzero perfect squares.

In technology

 * The area code of 279 was added to the Sacramento metropolitan area in California. It was added to the code of 916 in that area.
 * Tyrosine Kinase 2 Inhibitor or TAK-279 Inhibitor is a mediator of IL12 and IL23. TAK-279 is involved with certain inflammatory diseases like lupus and arthritis. TAK-279 inhibition is a possible way to treat these diseases.

World Records

 * On March 1, 2019, Benjamin Comparot and Carnival du Cor received the Guinness World Record for the largest French horn ensemble. It contained 279 people.
 * On October 6, 2023, EO Discover Okinawa had 279 people we simultaneously breaking roof tiles as a multi-day event.
 * On February 21, 2017? Dude Perfect achieved the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to make 5 3 point basketball shots in a time of 2.79 seconds.
 * On November 11, 2016, the tallest cake pyramid was built by Stratford University. It reached a total height of 2.79m.
 * In 2011, according to Twinning across the Developing World, Benin has the greatest rate of twins. It has 279 twins per 10000 births. Although some countries have a greater rate, this study is done without modern medicine.

Other fields

 * The calendar years 279 AD and 279 BC.
 * In the French Republican calendar, The year 279 would be a year 2 cycle and be in 2069.
 * 279 is the number for several highways across the countries of Canada, Japan, and the United States.
 * 279 Thule is a D-type asteroid in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Johann Palisa in Vienna and was named after the land of Thule.
 * In Greenland, for the past 30 years, it has been losing an average of 279 billion tons of ice every year due to global warming.