188 (number)
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188 (one hundred [and] eighty-eight) is the natural number following 187 and preceding 189.
In mathematics
There are 188 different four-element semigroups,{{cite OEIS|A027851|Number of nonisomorphic semigroups of order n}} and 188 ways a chess queen can move from one corner of a board to the opposite corner by a path that always moves closer to its goal.{{cite OEIS|A132595|Number of ways to move a chess queen from the lower left corner to square (n,n), with the queen moving only up, right, or diagonally up-right}} The sides and diagonals of a regular dodecagon form 188 equilateral triangles.{{cite OEIS|A238822|Number of equilateral triangles bounded by the sides and diagonals of a regular 3n-gon}}
In other fields
The number 188 figures prominently in the film The Parallel Street (1962) by German experimental film director {{ill|Ferdinand Khittl|de}}. The opening frame of the film is just an image of this number.{{cite journal|title=White Noise|last=Möller|first=Olaf|journal=Film Comment|volume=48|issue=1|date=January–February 2012|pages=14–15|id={{ProQuest|918706629}}}}
See also
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