Fortunate number numbers are prime. Fortunate number A Fortunate number, named after Reo Fortune, is the smallest integer "m" > 1 such that, for a given positive integer "n", "p"# + "m" is a prime number, where the primorial "p"# is the product of the first "n" prime numbers. For example, to find the seventh Fortunate number, one would first calculate the product of the first seven primes (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 and 17), which is 510510. Adding 2 to that gives another even number, while adding 3 would give another multiple of 3. One would similarly rule out the
17 (number) 17 (number) 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. In English speech, the numbers 17 and 70 are sometimes confused, as they sound very similar. The number 17 has wide significance in pure mathematics, as well as in applied sciences, law, music, religion, sports, and other cultural phenomena. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. Seventeen is the seventh prime number. The next prime is nineteen, with which it forms a twin prime. Seventeen is a permutable prime and a supersingular prime. Seventeen is the third Fermat prime,