The number 163 is very important in number theory, since 
is the largest number such that the imaginary
quadratic field 
has class number 
. It also satisfies the curious identities
 |  |  |
(1)
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 |  | ![1/2[4^4+(8; 4)]](/images/equations/163/Inline9.svg) |
(2)
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 |  | ![1/2[4^4+sum_(i=0)^(4)(4; i)^2],](/images/equations/163/Inline12.svg) |
(3)
|
where 
is a binomial
coefficient.
