142 (one hundred
ndforty-two) is the natural number following
141 and preceding
143.
In mathematics
There are 142
connected functional graphs on four labeled vertices, 142
planar graph
In graph theory, a planar graph is a graph (discrete mathematics), graph that can be graph embedding, embedded in the plane (geometry), plane, i.e., it can be drawn on the plane in such a way that its edges intersect only at their endpoints. ...
s with 6 unlabeled vertices, and 142 partial
involutions on five elements.
It is also palindromic in base 3 (12021).
''In memoriam''
At the
United States Merchant Marine Academy
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academies, United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipman, midshipmen (as students at the academy are called) to serv ...
, the number '142' represents 142 Cadet/Midshipmen who died aboard merchant vessels during World War II. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, among the nation's five federal academies, is the only institution authorized to carry
battle standardas part of its color guard. The battle standard bears the number "142" on a field of red, white and blue.
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