359 (three hundred
ndfifty-nine) is the
natural number
In mathematics, the natural numbers are the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on, possibly excluding 0. Some start counting with 0, defining the natural numbers as the non-negative integers , while others start with 1, defining them as the positive in ...
following
358 and preceding
360
360 may refer to:
* 360 (number)
* 360 AD, a year
* 360 BC, a year
* 360 degrees, a turn
Businesses and organizations
* 360 Architecture, an American architectural design firm
* Ngong Ping 360, a tourism project in Lantau Island, Hong Kong
...
. 359 is the 72nd
prime number
A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that is not a Product (mathematics), product of two smaller natural numbers. A natural number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime ...
.
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 and a
Chen prime.
* It is a strictly non-palindromic number.
In other fields
* According to the author
Douglas Adams, 359 is the funniest three-digit number.
[ Simpson, M. J. (2005-04-29)]
Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
Justin, Charles & Co. . Read 2015-12-06
* The international calling code for
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
References
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