131 is a 3-digit prime number. 131 has 2 factors, 1 and 131. It is the 32nd prime number, and the seventh prime number from 101-200.
Proofs[]
Therefore, 131 is a prime number.
As an Exponent of Mersenne Number[]
2131 - 1 is divisible by 263, and is therefore not a prime number.
Relationship with other odd numbers[]
The numbers before[]
- 113 is the second previous prime number.
- 127 is the previous prime number.
- The difference between 131 and 127 is 4. Therefore, they are cousin primes.
- Additionally, the difference between 127 and 113 is 14, which is the largest gap between two consecutive prime numbers between 1 and 200.
- 129 is a composite number; its prime factorization is 3 × 43.
The numbers after[]
- 133 is the next odd number. It is a composite number; its prime factorization is 7 × 19.
- 135 is a composite number; its prime factorization is 33 × 5.
- 137 is the prime number following 131.
- The difference between 137 and 131 is 6. Therefore, they are sexy primes.
- 139 is the prime number following 137.
Trivia[]
- 131 is a Sophie Germain prime, since 131 × 2 + 1 = 263 is also prime.
- 131 is a Chen prime, since 131 + 2 = 133 is a semiprime.
- 131 is the second palindromic prime with 3 digits.
- 131 is a permutable prime with 113 and 311.
- 131 can be expressed as the sum of three consecutive prime numbers (41 + 43 + 47).