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'''24601''' is the [[Natural number|natural number]] that comes after 24600 and before 24602.

It is the first prison code of the character Jean Valjean in the novel (his only code in the musical) ''Les Misérables''. It was chosen by [[Biography:Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo]] when he believed that he was conceived on 24 June 1801 (that is, '''24-6-01''').<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Novel of the Century : The extraordinary adventure of Les Miserables|last=Bellos|first=David|publisher=Particular Books|year=2017|isbn=978-1-846-14470-7|location=|pages=162|quote=|via=}}</ref> In homage, or perhaps as a recurring in-joke in the performing arts, the number has frequently been used in other works of fiction. The number often identifies one who is persecuted.

==Mathematics==
The prime factorization of 24601 is 73 and 337. Since these are the only nontrivial [[Divisor|divisor]]s of 24601, and {{nobr|1=24601 =  60(73 + 337) + 1}}, it follows that 24601 is a 60-[[Hyperperfect number|hyperperfect number]].<ref>{{Cite OEIS|A007592|name=Hyperperfect numbers: n = m(sigma(n)-n-1)+1 for some m > 1}}</ref>

==Use in media==
===Television and film===
*''The Magic School Bus'': Ms. Frizzle is Friz#24601 in the episode "In A Pickle". 
*''Arrested Development'': Oscar Bluth is prisoner 24601.
*''Cannibal! The Musical'': Alferd Packer is prisoner 24601.
*''The Colony'': 24601 is tattooed on the back of an escaping prisoner in season 3 episode 7.
*''Deadpool 2'': Russell Collins/Firefist is prisoner 24601 in Deadpool's plan to save him.
*''Drawn Together'': Captain Hero is accused of violating Superhero Code 24601 in the episode "Ghostesses in the Slot Machine".
*''Guiding Light'': 24601 is part of Josh Lewis' prisoner number on the soap opera.
*''Riverdale'': FP Jones is prisoner 24601.
*''The Simpsons'' makes multiple references:
**Sideshow Bob is prisoner number 24601 in "Black Widower".
**Principal Skinner was prisoner 24601 while in a Viet Cong PoW camp according to "Homer's Barbershop Quartet".
**Marge is prisoner 24601 in "Marge in Chains."
*''South Park'': Eric Cartman's cell number is 24601 in "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000".
*''Twin Peaks'': Hank Jennings is prisoner 24601.
*''Space Cases'': Catalina is Prisoner 24601.

==Other uses==
*''[[Software:System Shock|System Shock]]'': The hacker's designated Trioptimum employee number is 2-4601.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*In Bo Burnham's stand-up comedy routine (and derivative album) ''what.'', a lyric in the song "Left Brain, Right Brain" calls Burnham "Patient 24602".
*In the comic book GrimJack issue #73, the main character's prison number is 24601.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}
*In the Starcraft universe, Sarah Kerrigan (the main protagonist of the series) is designated as Ghost 24601.<ref>http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/game/hero/kerrigan</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Integers|24601]]

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