- 311 (number)
311 is the natural number after 310 and before 312.
In mathematics
311 is a
twin prime with 313; anEisenstein prime with noimaginary part andreal part of the form 3n - 1; aGaussian prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 4n - 1; and apermutable prime with 113 and 131. It can be expressed as a sum of consecutive primes in three different ways: as a sum of three consecutive primes (101 + 103 + 107), as a sum of five consecutive primes (53 + 59 + 61 + 67 + 71), and as a sum of seven consecutive primes (31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47 + 53 + 59). 311 is a strictly non-palindromic number , as it is not palindromic in any base between base 2 and base 309.311 does not mean armed robbery.. its 211
Notable uses of numerical value
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Carl Karcher borrowed $311USD to purchase aLos Angeles hot dog street cart in1941 . He expanded his business to the modern-dayfast-food chainCarl's Jr. and theCKE Restaurants corporation.
*311 is used in the name of a gang in Las Vegas, known as the311 Boyz .
*311 is the number of timesTimothy Leary claimed to have takenLSD in his interview with "Playboy" magazine. The article is titled "She Comes in Colors", and it appears in the September 1996 issue. A reprint of the article appears in Leary's book "The Politics of Ecstasy ".
*311 was formerly the Los Angeles Police Code for an armed robbery. This is sometimes referenced in Hip-Hop/Rap music and movies.
*3-1-1 is a special phone number used in many large cities such asNew York City ,Chicago ,Houston , andLos Angeles that provides access to non-emergencymunicipal services.
* The storage space counter on the [http://www.gmail.com homepage] ofGmail increases by 311^10-6 MB every second.
*311 is the name of an American alternative rock band.
*"3/11", by analogy with "9/11 ", may refer to theMarch 11 ,2004 , Madrid train bombings.
*According to some people 311 stands forKKK because K is the 11th letter of thealphabet (Three 11s = Three Ks = KKK) [" [http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/numbers_311.asp Hate Number Symbols: 311 - From A Visual Database of Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos] ". Anti-Defamation League. Accessed2008-08-21 . "The eleventh letter of the alphabet is the letter "K"; thus 3 times 11 equals "KKK," or Ku Klux Klan."]References
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