# Magic number

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**Magic number** may refer to:

## Science and technology

- [Magic number (chemistry)](/source/Magic_number_(chemistry)), number of atoms or molecules forming an exceptionally stable cluster
- [Magic number (physics)](/source/Magic_number_(physics)), the number of nucleons that results in completely filled [nuclear shells](/source/Nuclear_shell_model)
- [Magic number (programming)](/source/Magic_number_(programming)), either a unique identifier or a literal with unexplained meaning

## TV

- [*Magic Numbers* (game show)](/source/Magic_Numbers_(game_show)), British 2010 television game show
- [Magic Number (game)](/source/Magic_Number_(game)), a pricing game on *The Price is Right*
- *Magic Numbers* or *Hannah Fry's Magic Numbers*, a 2018 series of episodes about Mathematics, presented by [Hannah Fry](/source/Hannah_Fry).

## Music

- ["Magic Number" (song)](/source/Magic_Number_(song)), a song by Maaya Sakamoto
- "[The Magic Number](/source/The_Magic_Number)", a 1990 song by De La Soul from *[3 Feet High and Rising](/source/3_Feet_High_and_Rising)*
- [The Magic Numbers](/source/The_Magic_Numbers), a British rock band - [*The Magic Numbers* (album)](/source/The_Magic_Numbers_(album)), the debut album by the band

## Other uses

- [Magic number (sports)](/source/Magic_number_(sports)), a number that indicates how close a team is to winning a season title
- [Magic number (oil)](/source/Magic_number_(oil)), the price per barrel of oil at which an oil exporting nation runs a deficit

## See also

- "[The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two](/source/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two)", a 1956 paper by George Miller
- [Magic constant](/source/Magic_constant), the sum in a magic square
- [Numerology](/source/Numerology), the belief that numbers can have magic properties

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