145 (number)

145 (one hundred [and] forty-five) is the natural number following 144 and preceding 146.

In mathematics

• Although composite, 145 is a pseudoprime.
• Given 145, the Mertens function returns 0.
• 145 is a pentagonal number and a centered square number.
• $145 = 12^2 + 1^2 = 8^2 + 9^2$. 145 is the fourth number that is the sum of two different pairs of squares. Also, 145 is the result of 3⁴ + 4³, making it a Leyland number.
• $145 = 1! + 4! + 5!$, making it a factorion. The only other numbers that have the property that they are the sum of the factorials of their digits are 1, 2 and 40585.

In the military

• USS Armada (AM-145) was a United States Navy Admirable minesweeper ship during World War II
• USS Colbert (APA-145) was a United States Navy Haskell class attack transport during World War II
• USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) was a United States Navy General G. O. Squier transport ship during World War II
• USS Greer (DD-145) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer during World War II
• USS Huse (DE-145) was a United States Navy Edsall class destroyer during World War II
• USS Roanoke (CL-145) was a United States Navy cruiser following World War II

In sports

• The Grand Union Canal Race is a 145-mile ultramarathon from Birmingham to London along the Grand Union Canal

In transportation

• Eurocopter EC 145 is a twin-engine light utility helicopter
• The Delahaye 145 Sports Car from 1938
• The Alfa Romeo 145 car produced between 1994 and 2001
• Volvo 145 Express station wagon
• ERJ 145 regional jets produced by Embraer
• Golden Gate Transit Bus Route 145
• London Bus Route 145

In other fields

145 is also:

• The year AD 145 or 145 BC
• 145 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 762 – 763 CE
• 145 Adeona is a large Main belt asteroid
• Psalm 145
• Sonnet 145
• Apple Computer laptops, such as the PowerBook 145 and PowerBook 145B
• Puff Daddy song “Picture it” includes the lyrics “in something foreign soarin’ 145”
• 145th Street blues band
• Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 Indian reserve in Alberta, Canada
• The 2004 film “Love and 145 Watts” starring Jessica Baxter
• 145 mg medicine tablets, as with Tricor
• "One Four Five" is a song by The Cat Empire

See also

• List of highways numbered 145
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 145
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 145

References

• Wells, D. The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers London: Penguin Group. (1987): 140

External links

• The Natural Number 145