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Line 9: ==In mathematics== [[File:square-sum-50.png|thumb|50 as the sum of two non-zero squares]] Fifty is the smallest number that is the sum of two non-zero [[square numbers]] in two distinct ways: 50 = 1<sup>2</sup> + 7<sup>2</sup> = 5<sup>2</sup> + 5<sup>2</sup> (see image).<ref>de Koninck, J.M. (2009). ''Those fascinating numbers''. AMS Bookstore. p. 18. {{ISBN|0-8218-4807-0}}.</ref> It is also the sum of three squares, 50 = 3<sup>2</sup> + 4<sup>2</sup> + 5<sup>2</sup>, and the sum of four squares, 50 = 6<sup>2</sup> + 3<sup>2</sup> + 2<sup>2</sup> + 1<sup>2</sup>. 50 is a [[Stirling number of the first kind]]: <math>\left[{5\atop 2}\right] = 50</math> and also a [[Narayana number]]: <math>\operatorname{N}(6, 3) = \operatorname{N}(6, 4) = 50</math> |