Wikipedia's article on the number 79, consulted in 2026, is a community edited reference page rather than a peer reviewed publication. It is reliable for the kind of standard mathematical classification cited here, that 79 is the twenty-second prime and forms no twin prime pair, and for confirming that no religious or scriptural significance is recorded for the number, which is a claim about the absence of documented tradition rather than a specialist mathematical finding. Use it for that narrow purpose; a claim about the number's cultural or religious significance in a specific tradition needs that tradition's own primary or scholarly source.
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Reliability Tier3
Tier 3 because this is a community edited Wikipedia article rather than a peer reviewed or specialist mathematical publication. Reliable for the number's standard, checkable mathematical classification cited here and for confirming the absence of recorded religious or scriptural significance, not for interpretive claims about a specific tradition. NotesConsulted 2026-08-14 for 79's prime classification (twenty-second prime, no twin prime pair) and to confirm no religious or scriptural significance is recorded for the number.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79_(number)
Source Typereference article
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Numbers, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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