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8 is the cube of 2, the largest cube in the sequence of Fibonacci numbers.

Membership in core sequences

Even numbers	0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, ...	A005843
Composite numbers	4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, ...	A002808
Cubes	1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729, 1000, ...	A000578
Powers of 2	1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, ...	A000079
Primes and powers of primes	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23, ...	A000961
Fibonacci numbers	1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, ...	A000045

In Pascal's triangle, 8 occurs only twice, namely in row 8, in the second and next to last positions.

Sequences pertaining to 8

Multiples of 8	0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, ...	A008590
Octagonal numbers	1, 8, 21, 40, 65, 96, 133, 176, 225, 280, 341, ...	A000567
Centered octagonal numbers	1, 9, 25, 49, 81, 121, 169, 225, 289, 361, 441, ...	A016754
Octagonal pyramidal numbers	1, 9, 30, 70, 135, 231, 364, 540, 765, 1045, ...	A002414

Partitions of 8

There are twenty-two partitions of 8. The partitions of 8 into primes are 2 + 3 + 3 and 3 + 5.

Roots and powers of 8

In the table below, irrational numbers are given truncated to eight decimal places.

$\sqrt{8}$	2.82842712	A010466	8 2	64
$\sqrt[3]{8}$	2.00000000	A000038	8 3	512
$\sqrt[4]{8}$	1.68179283	A011006	8 4	4096
$\sqrt[5]{8}$	1.51571656	A011093	8 5	32768
$\sqrt[6]{8}$	1.41421356	A002193	8 6	262144
$\sqrt[7]{8}$	1.34590019	A011246	8 7	2097152
$\sqrt[8]{8}$	1.29683955	A011247	8 8	16777216
$\sqrt[9]{8}$	1.25992104	A002580	8 9	134217728
$\sqrt[10]{8}$	1.23114441	A011249	8 10	1073741824
				A001018

Of course the roots given above are the principal real roots. There are also negative real roots and complex roots.

• $\sqrt{8}$, $-\sqrt{8}$ (both real)
• $\sqrt[3]{8}$, $-1\pm \sqrt{-3}$ (the two complex roots are the same except for the sign of the imaginary part)
• $\sqrt[4]{8}$, $-\sqrt[4]{8}$, $i\sqrt[4]{8}$, $-i\sqrt[4]{8}$
• $\sqrt[5]{8}$, etc.

Logarithms and eighth powers

In the OEIS specifically and mathematics in general, $\log x$ refers to the natural logarithm of $x$, whereas all other bases are specified with a subscript. Octal logarithms are only occasionally considered.

As above, irrational numbers in the following table are truncated to eight decimal places.

${\log }_{8}2$	0.33333333	A010701	${\log }_{2}8$	3.00000000		2 8	256
${\log }_{8}e$	0.48089834		$\log 8$	2.07944154	A016631	$e^8$	2980.95798704
${\log }_{8}3$	0.52832083	A152956	${\log }_{3}8$	1.89278926	A113210	3 8	6561
${\log }_8\pi$	0.55049870		${\log }_{\pi }8$	1.81653468		${\pi }^8$	9488.53101607
${\log }_{8}4$	0.66666666		${\log }_{4}8$	1.50000000		4 8	65536
${\log }_{8}5$	0.77397603	A153204	${\log }_{5}8$	1.29202967	A153739	5 8	390625
${\log }_{8}6$	0.86165416	A153493	${\log }_{6}8$	1.16055842	A153754	6 8	1679616
${\log }_{8}7$	0.93578497	A153618	${\log }_{7}8$	1.06862156	A153755	7 8	5764801
${\log }_{8}8$			1.00000000			8 8	16777216
${\log }_{8}9$	1.05664166	A154010	${\log }_{9}8$	0.94639463	A153756	9 8	43046721
${\log }_{8}10$	1.10730936	A154159	${\log }_{1}08$	0.90308998	A153790	10 8	100000000

(See A001016 for the eighth powers of integers).

Values for number theoretic functions with 8 as an argument

$\mu (8)$	0
$M(8)$	–2
$\pi (8)$	4
${\sigma }_1(8)$	15
${\sigma }_0(8)$	4
$\varphi (8)$	4
$\mathrm{\Omega }(8)$	3
$\omega (8)$	1
$\lambda (8)$	-1	This is the Carmichael lambda function.
$\lambda (8)$	–1	This is the Liouville lambda function.
$\zeta (8)=\frac{{\pi }^8}{9450}$	1.0040773561979443393786852385... (see A013666).
8!	40320
$\mathrm{\Gamma }(8)$	5040

Factorization of 8 in some quadratic integer rings

In $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}$, 8 has the prime factorization of 2 3. But it has different factorizations in some quadratic integer rings.

$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[i]$	$(1-i{)}^3(1+i{)}^3$
$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-2}]$	$(-1)(\sqrt{-2}{)}^6$	$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{2}]$	$(\sqrt{2}{)}^6$
$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\omega ]$	2 3	$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{3}]$	$(-1)(1-\sqrt{3}{)}^3(1+\sqrt{3}{)}^3$
$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-5}]$		$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\varphi ]$	2 3
$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-6}]$		$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{6}]$	$(-1)(2-\sqrt{6}{)}^3(2+\sqrt{6}{)}^3$
${{𝒪}}_{\mathbb{\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{-7})}$	${(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{\sqrt{-7}}{2})}^3{(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{-7}}{2})}^3$	$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{7}]$	$(3-\sqrt{7}{)}^3(3+\sqrt{7}{)}^3$
$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-10}]$	2 3	$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{10}]$	2 3
${{𝒪}}_{\mathbb{\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{-11})}$		$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{11}]$	$(-1)(3-\sqrt{11}{)}^3(3+\sqrt{11}{)}^3$
$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-13}]$		${{𝒪}}_{\mathbb{\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{13})}$	2 3
$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-14}]$		$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{14}]$	$(4-\sqrt{14}{)}^3(4+\sqrt{14}{)}^3$
${{𝒪}}_{\mathbb{\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{-15})}$		$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{15}]$	2 3
$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-17}]$		${{𝒪}}_{\mathbb{\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{17})}$	$(-1){(\frac{3}{2}-\frac{\sqrt{17}}{2})}^3{(\frac{3}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{17}}{2})}^3$
${{𝒪}}_{\mathbb{\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{-19})}$		$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{19}]$	$(-1)(13-3\sqrt{19}{)}^3(13+3\sqrt{19}{)}^3$

The astute reader might wonder if $(-1+\sqrt{-3}{)}^3$ counts as a factorization apart from 2 3 in $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-3}]$. But that is not a complete ring of algebraic integers, as ${{𝒪}}_{\mathbb{\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{-3})}=\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\omega ]$, where $\omega =-\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{-3}}{2}$. So, as it turns out, $-1+\sqrt{-3}=2\omega$, thus $8=(2\omega {)}^3=2^3{\omega }^3$. But $\omega$ is a unit, and therefore $8=(-1+\sqrt{-3}{)}^3$ is no more a distinct factorization than, say, $8=(-1{)}^2{2}^3$, in which –1 is a unit and therefore does not turn 2 3 into anything substantially different.

The relationship of −8, 8 to quadratic integer rings adjoining the square roots of −2, 2

There really isn't such a thing as $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-8}]$ or $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{8}]$. Any factorization that we can come up with in those "rings" essentially boils down to a factorization in $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-2}]$ or $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{2}]$.

For example, $9=(1-\sqrt{-8})(1+\sqrt{-8})$. Note that $(1-\sqrt{-2})(1+\sqrt{-2})=3$, and that $(1-\sqrt{-2}{)}^2=-1-2\sqrt{-2}$; likewise $(1+\sqrt{-2}{)}^2=-1+2\sqrt{-2}$. Also note that $(2\sqrt{-2}{)}^2=-8$.

Our example for $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{8}]$ will be much more direct. This time, in $7=(-1)(1-\sqrt{8})(1+\sqrt{8})$, we immediately substitute $2\sqrt{2}$ for $\sqrt{8}$, giving us $7=(-1)(1-2\sqrt{2})(1+2\sqrt{2})$.

Essentially "$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-8}]$" consists of those algebraic integers of the form $n+2m\sqrt{-2}$. Since $2m$ must be even, we are ignoring algebraic integers for which $\sqrt{-2}$ is multiplied by an odd integer, and so "$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-8}]$" is a "sub-domain" of $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{-2}]$. Likewise for "$\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{8}]$" and $\mathbb{\mathbb{Z}}[\sqrt{2}]$.

Representation of 8 in various bases

Base	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9 through 36
Representation	1000	22	20	13	12	11	10	8

In the balanced ternary numeral system, 8 is {1, 0, –1}, meaning $3^2-3^0$. In negabinary, 8 is 11000, since $(-2{)}^4+(-2{)}^3=16-8=8$. In quater-imaginary base, 8 is 10200. In the factorial numeral system, 8 is 110, since $3!+2!=8$. And in $\sqrt{2}$-base, 8 is 1000000.

The octal numeral system, which is occasionally used by computer programmers, can be thought of as a shorthand for binary, whereby three binary digits correspond to one octal digit:

000	0
001	1
010	2
011	3
100	4
101	5
110	6
111	7

Thus, the powers of 2 in octal are then 1, 2, 4, 10, 20, 40, 100, ... (A004647), and the Mersenne numbers are 1, 3, 7, 17, 37, 77, ...

See also

Some integers

							$-1$
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49
					1729