137 (number)
137 is the natural number following 136 and preceding 138.
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Cardinal | one hundred [and] thirty-seven | |||
Ordinal | th | |||
Numeral system | 137 | |||
Factorization | 137 | |||
Prime | 33rd | |||
Divisors | 1, 137 | |||
Greek numeral | ΡΛΖ´ | |||
Roman numeral | CXXXVII | |||
Binary | 100010012 | |||
Ternary | 120023 | |||
Senary | 3456 | |||
Octal | 2118 | |||
Duodecimal | B512 | |||
Hexadecimal | 8916 |
In mathematics
One hundred [and] thirty-seven is the 33rd prime number; the next is 139, with which it comprises a twin prime, and thus 137 is a Chen prime. 137 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and a real part of the form . It is also the fourth Stern prime. 137 is a strong prime in the sense that it is more than the arithmetic mean of its two neighboring primes.
Using two radii to divide a circle according to the golden ratio yields sectors of approximately 137° (the golden angle) and 222°.
137 is a strictly non-palindromic number and a primeval number.
The fifth harmonic number is
In physics
The fine structure constant, a dimensionless physical constant, approximates 1/137, and the astronomer Arthur Eddington conjectured in 1929 that its reciprocal was in fact precisely the integer 137, which he claimed could be "obtained by pure deduction"[1]. This conjecture was not widely adopted, and by the 1940s, the experimental values for the constant were clearly inconsistent with it.[2]
In the military
- Boeing C-137 Stratoliner was a VIP transport aircraft from the Boeing 707 jet airliner used by the United States Air Force
- RAF – No. 137 Squadron
- Strike Fighter Squadron 137 (VFA-137) is a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California
- USNS Mission Santa Ana (T-AO-137) Mission Buenaventura-class fleet oiler built during World War II
- USS Adopt (AM-137) was a United States Navy minesweeper during World War II
- USS Ascella (AK-137) was a United States Navy Crater-class cargo ship commissioned during World War II
- USS Bowie (APA-137) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
- USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) was the United States Navy General G.O. Squier transport ship during World War II
- USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137) was a United States Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort during World War II
- USS Kilty (DD-137) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer during World War II
In music
- Cesium 137 is an American synthpop musical group which takes its name from a radioactive isotope
- 137 is a 2001 album by The Pineapple Thief
- Rescate 137 is a 2000 album by experimental electronic musician Christian Vogel
- The Fugue for String Quintet in D major, Op. 137 composed by Beethoven in 1817
- The Gibson ES-137 semi-hollow body guitar by Gibson
In sports
- The 137th Belmont Stakes was won by Afleet Alex on June 11, 2005
- Football player Lorenzo Booker 8,502 rushing yards and 137 touchdowns, both California state records, before playing for Florida State
- George Reed is a former Saskatchewan Roughriders running back who had 137 touchdowns in his career
- George Brett is the Kansas City Royals all-time leader in triples with 137
- Wayne Gretzky scored 137 points in the 1979-1980 NHL season with the Edmonton Oilers
- MLB player Jackie Robinson had 137 career home runs. Others who had 137 home runs include:
In transportation
- M-137 is a state highway route in Michigan
- Highway 137 highway in Ontario, Canada connects Highway 401 to Interstate 81 on Wellesley Island
- Route 137 is a highway by the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada
- London Buses route 137 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London
- RATB route 137 is a bus route in Bucharest, run by RATB
- Boeing 707-347C CC-137 transport aircraft served the Canadian Forces from 1970 to 1997
- Philippine Airlines Flight 137 from Manila overshot the runway while landing at Bacolod City Domestic Airport on March 22, 1998
- 137 Avenue is a primary road in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- 137th Street–City College is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway in New York City
In other fields
137 is also:
- The year AD 137 or 137 BC
- 137 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 754 – 755 CE
- 137 Meliboea is a large and dark main belt asteroid discovered in 1874
- The atomic number of an element not yet observed called Untriseptium
- The Gematria (i.e. Hebrew numerology) value of the word "Kabbalah", which is of special significance to Jewish mystics
- In the Bible, it is the lifespan of three notable men: Ishmael, Levi, and Amram. Each supposedly lived to age 137. Genesis 25:17, Exodus 6:16-20
- California Penal Code for "Offer bribe to influence testimony"
- A molecule of chlorophyll a, C55H72O5N4Mg, consists of 137 atoms
- There are 137 islands in the Hawaiian island chain
- The Samson 137 Indian reserve in Alberta, Canada
- Sonnet 137 by William Shakespeare
- Psalm 137
- Channel 137 on Sirius Satellite Radio is CBC Radio One, Canada news and information
- The TV series Gimme a Break! ran on NBC from 1981 to 1987 with 137 episodes
- The TV series St. Elsewhere ran on NBC from 1982 to 1988 with 137 episodes
- Jamaica ranks #137 in world population
- Caesium-137 is a radioactive isotope of Caesium formed by nuclear fission
- The 2003 film Mystic River’s running time is 137 minutes
- The comic book series Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane ran for 137 issues.
- The TV series FlashForward is based on the premise of every person on Earth blacking out for two minutes and 17 seconds (137 seconds).
See also
- List of highways numbered 137
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 137
- United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 137
External links
- 137.com
- 137 at Urban Dictionary
- 137 at Virtual Science
- The Mysterious 137
- What is the significance of the number 137 in physics?
References
- ^ Eddington, A.S., The Constants of Nature in "The World of Mathematics", Vol. 2 (1956) Ed. Newman, J.R., Simon and Schuster, pp. 1074-1093.
- ^ Helge Kragh, "Magic Number: A Partial History of the Fine-Structure Constant", Archive for History of Exact Sciences 57:5:395 (July, 2003) doi:10.1007/s00407-002-0065-7