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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 ...
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In mathematics

* 359 is a Sophie Germain prime: 2(359)+1=719 (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
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