359 (number)
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359 (three hundred [and] fifty-nine) is the natural number following 358 and preceding 360. 359 is the 72nd prime number.
In mathematics
- 359 is a Sophie Germain prime: (also a Sophie Germain prime).
- It is also a safe prime, because subtracting 1 and halving it gives another prime number (179, itself also safe).
- Since the reversal of its digits gives 953, which is prime, it is also an emirp.
- 359 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part{{Cite web|url=https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EisensteinPrime.html|website=mathworld.wolfram.com|title=Eisein prime}} and a Chen prime.{{Cite web|url=https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ChenPrime.html|website=mathworld.wolfram.com|title=Chen prime}}
- It is a strictly non-palindromic number.{{Cite OEIS|A016038|Strictly non-palindromic numbers: n is not palindromic in any base b with 2 <= b <= n-2}}
In other fields
- According to the author Douglas Adams, 359 is the funniest three-digit number.Simpson, M. J. (2005-04-29). [https://books.google.com/books?id=K-E2cAzsxwUC&q=359&pg=PA113 Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams]. Justin, Charles & Co. {{ISBN|9781932112351}}. Read 2015-12-06
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