149 (number)

149 is the natural number between 148 and 150. It is also a prime number.

In mathematics

149 is the 35th prime number, and with the next prime number, 151, is a twin prime, thus 149 is a Chen prime. 149 is a strong prime in the sense that it is more than the arithmetic mean of its two neighboring primes. 149 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and a real part of the form .

Given 149, the Mertens function returns 0. 149 is a tribonacci number, being the sum of the three preceding terms, 24, 44, 81.

149 is a strictly non-palindromic number, meaning that it is not palindromic in any base from binary to base 147. However, in base 10, it is a full reptend prime, since the decimal expansion of 1/149 repeats 006711409395973154362416107382550335570469798657718120805369127516778523489932885906040268 4563758389261744966442953020134228187919463087248322147651 infinitely.

In the military

• USS Atakapa (ATF-149) was a United States Navy Abnaki-class fleet ocean tug during World War II
• USS Audubon (APA-149) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
• USS Augury (AM-149) was a United States Navy Admirable class minesweeper during World War II
• USS Barney (DD-149) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer during World War II
• USS Chatelain (DE-149) was a United States Navy Edsall destroyer escort during World War II
• USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149) was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier transport ship during World War II
• USS Nightingale (AMc-149) was a United States Navy Nightingale-class coastal minesweeper during World War II
• USS Trefoil (IX-149) was a United States Navy Trefoil class concrete barge during World War II
• CH-149 Cormorant Canadian Forces search and rescue helicopter
• United States Military Form DD 149, Application for Correction of Military Record

In sports

• Tony Drago recorded a 149 break (total points by a player) in snooker in 1998. (The maximum break is 155).
• A Madagascar soccer team scored 149 goals against itself after the coach argued a call, and players kicked the ball into their own net 149 times. Final score was AS Adema, 149, Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne, 0^[1]
• NFL quarterback Frank Ryan had 149 career touchdowns from 1958 through 1970
• NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia had 149 touchdowns from 1994 through 2007

In transportation

• M-149 (Michigan highway)
• Farm to Market Road 149 in Texas
• California State Route 149; runs from Oroville to Chico
• Malaysia Federal Route 149
• Puerto Rico Highway 149 connects Manatí and Juana Díaz
• The Alfa Romeo 149 car
• The Detroit Diesel 149 series of diesel engines of the 1960s
• British Airways Flight 149 between London and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which was captured by Iraqi forces on August 1, 1990
• 149th Street Tunnel carries the 2 train of the New York City Subway under the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx
• These New York City Subway stations:
  • East 149th Street (IRT Pelham Line); serving the 6 train
  • 149th Street – Grand Concourse (New York City Subway), a station complex consisting of:
    • 149th Street – Grand Concourse (IRT Jerome Avenue Line); serving the 4 train
    • 149th Street – Grand Concourse (IRT White Plains Road Line); serving the 2 5 trains
  • Third Avenue – 149th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line); serving the 2 5 trains

In TV and radio

• Channel 149 on the Dish Network is the Fox Soccer Channel
• Channel 149 on Sirius Satellite Radio is for Boston and Philadelphia weather

In other fields

149 also appears in these places:

• The year AD 149 or 149 BC
• In music, 149edo approximates the interval π/3.
• 149 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 765 – 766 CE
• 149 Medusa is a bright-colored, stony main belt asteroid
• The number of the flagship Montblanc Meisterstück pen, Meisterstück 149 fountain pen
• The atomic number of an element temporarily called unquadinonium
• Trinidad and Tobago ranks #149 in world population
• Psalm 149
• Shakespeare's Sonnet 149
• Graffiti artist Stay High 149 painted on the New York City Subway during the 1970s
• Nix v. Hedden, 149 U.S. 304 (1893) was a United States Supreme Court case that addressed whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable
• Trial of the 149 legal proceedings against 149 communists in Estonia in 1924

See also

• List of highways numbered 149
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 149
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 149

References

External links

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• Toronto Musicians Association Local 149