46 46(forty-six) is the natural number following 45 and preceding 47.
Forty-six is It is the sum of the totient function for the first twelve integers.
[5] 46 is the largest even integer that cannot be expressed as a sum of two abundant numbers.
[6] Since it is possible to find sequences of 46+1 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 46 is an Erdős–Woods number.
, the largest of twenty-six sporadic groups, holds a total of forty-six maximal subgroups.