In mathematics

8 is:

 a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, and 4. It is twice 4 or four times 2.

 a power of two, being 23 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form p3, p being an
integer greater than 1.
 the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime.
 the base of the octal number system,[1] which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one
digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called
an octet.
 a Fibonacci number, being 3 plus 5. The next Fibonacci number is 13. 8 is the only positive
Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. [2]
 the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's
Theorem.
 the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal.
 the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division
algebra.
 the first number to be the aliquot sum of two numbers other than itself; the discrete
biprime 10, and the square number 49.
A number is divisible by 8 if its last three digits, when written in decimal, are also divisible by 8, or its
last three digits are 0 when written in binary.
There are a total of eight convex deltahedra.[3]
A polygon with eight sides is an octagon.[4] Figurate numbers representing octagons (including eight)
are called octagonal numbers.
A polyhedron with eight faces is an octahedron.[5] A cuboctahedron has as faces six equal squares
and eight equal regular triangles.[6]
A cube has eight vertices.[7]
Sphenic numbers always have exactly eight divisors.[8]
The number 8 is involved with a number of interesting mathematical phenomena related to the
notion of Bott periodicity. For example, if O(∞) is the direct limit of the inclusions of real orthogonal
groups
,
then
.
Clifford algebras also display a periodicity of 8.[9] For example, the algebra Cl(p + 8,q) is
isomorphic to the algebra of 16 by 16 matrices with entries in Cl(p,q). We also see a period
of 8 in the K-theory of spheres and in the representation theory of the rotation groups, the
latter giving rise to the 8 by 8 spinorial chessboard. All of these properties are closely related
to the properties of the octonions.
The spin group Spin(8) is the unique such group that exhibits the phenomenon of triality.
The lowest-dimensional even unimodular lattice is the 8-dimensional E8 lattice. Even positive
definite unimodular lattices exist only in dimensions divisible by 8.
 A figure 8 is the common name of a geometric shape, often used in the context of sports,
such as skating.[10] Figure-eight turns of a rope or cable around a cleat, pin, or bitt are used
to belay something.[11]

In mathematics
8 is:

 a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, and 4. It is twice 4 or four times 2.

 a power of two, being 23 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form p3, p being an
integer greater than 1.
 the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime.
 the base of the octal number system,[1] which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one
digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called
an octet.
 a Fibonacci number, being 3 plus 5. The next Fibonacci number is 13. 8 is the only positive
Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. [2]
 the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's
Theorem.
 the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal.
 the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division
algebra.
 the first number to be the aliquot sum of two numbers other than itself; the discrete
biprime 10, and the square number 49.
A number is divisible by 8 if its last three digits, when written in decimal, are also divisible by 8, or its
last three digits are 0 when written in binary.
There are a total of eight convex deltahedra.[3]
A polygon with eight sides is an octagon.[4] Figurate numbers representing octagons (including eight)
are called octagonal numbers.
A polyhedron with eight faces is an octahedron.[5] A cuboctahedron has as faces six equal squares
and eight equal regular triangles.[6]
A cube has eight vertices.[7]
Sphenic numbers always have exactly eight divisors.[8]
The number 8 is involved with a number of interesting mathematical phenomena related to the
notion of Bott periodicity. For example, if O(∞) is the direct limit of the inclusions of real orthogonal
groups
,
then
.
Clifford algebras also display a periodicity of 8.[9] For example, the algebra Cl(p + 8,q) is
isomorphic to the algebra of 16 by 16 matrices with entries in Cl(p,q). We also see a period
of 8 in the K-theory of spheres and in the representation theory of the rotation groups, the
latter giving rise to the 8 by 8 spinorial chessboard. All of these properties are closely related
to the properties of the octonions.
The spin group Spin(8) is the unique such group that exhibits the phenomenon of triality.
The lowest-dimensional even unimodular lattice is the 8-dimensional E8 lattice. Even positive
definite unimodular lattices exist only in dimensions divisible by 8.
A figure 8 is the common name of a geometric shape, often used in the context of sports,
such as skating.[10] Figure-eight turns of a rope or cable around a cleat, pin, or bitt are used
to belay something.[11]