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23 (number) (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia's article on the number 23, consulted in 2026, is a community edited reference page rather than a peer reviewed publication. It is reliable for the standard mathematical classification cited here, that 23 is the fifth Sophie Germain prime and the second term of the Cunningham chain of the first kind running two, five, eleven, twenty-three, forty-seven, and for basic factual claims of that kind. Use it for that narrow mathematical purpose; a claim about 23's place in numerological or conspiracy theory traditions needs a dedicated source on that specific claim.
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Wikipedia's article on the number 23, the lower tier reflecting that it is a community edited reference page rather than a peer reviewed publication. It is reliable for standard mathematical classification, that 23 is the fifth Sophie Germain prime and the second term of the Cunningham chain of the first kind running two, five, eleven, twenty-three, forty-seven; a claim about 23's place in numerological or conspiracy theory traditions needs a dedicated source on that specific claim. NotesConsulted 2026-08-09 for 23's classification as the fifth Sophie Germain prime and for the Cunningham chain of the first kind it names, two, five, eleven, twenty-three, forty-seven.
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PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_(number)
Source Typereference article
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
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- Numbers, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
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