131 (number)
# 131 (number)

131 (one hundred [and] thirty-one) is the natural number following 130 and preceding 132.

## In mathematics

131 is a Sophie Germain prime, an irregular prime, the second 3-digit palindromic prime, and also a permutable prime with 113 and 311. It can be expressed as the sum of three consecutive primes, 131 = 41 + 43 + 47. 131 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form $3n-1$. Because the next odd number, 133, is a semiprime, 131 is a Chen prime. 131 is an Ulam number.

131 is a full reptend prime in base 10 (and also in base 2). The decimal expansion of 1/131 repeats the digits 007633587786259541984732824427480916030534351145038167938931 297709923664122137404580152671755725190839694656488549618320 6106870229 indefinitely.

## In the military

* Convair C-131 Samaritan was an American military transport produced from 1954 to 1956
* Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA-131) is a United States Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana
* Tiger 131 is a German Tiger I heavy tank captured in Tunisia by the British 48th Royal Tank Regiment during World War II
* USNS Mission Santa Barbara (T-AO-131) was a Mission Buenaventura-class fleet oiler during World War II
* USS Bandera (APA-131) was a is a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport ship during World War II
* USS Buchanan (DD-131) was a United States Navy Wickes-class destroyer
* USS General T. H. Bliss (AP-131) was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier-class transport ship during World War II
* USS Hammann (DE-131) was a United States Navy Edsall-class destroyer escort during World War II
* USS Melucta (AK-131) was a United States Navy Crater-class cargo ship during World War II
* USS Walter X. Young (APD-131) was a ship of the United States Navy during World War II
* ZIL-131 is a 3.5-ton 6x6 army truck

## In transportation

* London Buses route 131 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London
* The Fiat 131 Mirafiori small/medium family car produced from 1974 to 1984
* STS-131 is a NASA Contingency Logistic Flight (CLF) of the Space Shuttle Atlantis which launched in April 2010

## In other fields

131 is also:

* The year AD 131 or 131 BC
* 131 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 748 – 749 CE.
* 131 Vala is an inner main belt asteroid
* Iodine-131, or radioiodine, is a radioisotope of iodine for medical and pharmaceutical use
* ACP-131 is the controlling publication for listing of Q codes and Z codes, as published by NATO Allied countries
* Sonnet 131 by William Shakespeare
* 131 is the medical emergency telephone number in Chile
* United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Form I-131 to apply for a travel document, reentry permit, refugee travel document or advance parole
* 131 is the ID3v1 tag equivalent to Indie music
