359 (number)

359 is the natural number following 358 and preceding 360. 359 is the 72nd prime number.

In mathematics

359 is a Sophie Germain prime: .
It is also a safe prime, because subtracting 1 and halving it gives another prime number.
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.
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