59 (number)
59 is the natural number following 58 and preceding 60.
In mathematics
59 is the 17th prime number, and 7th super-prime. It is also a good prime, a Higgs prime, an irregular prime, a Pillai prime, a Ramanujan prime, a safe prime, and a supersingular prime. The next prime number is sixty-one, with which it comprises a twin prime.There are 59 stellations of the regular icosahedron.
In other fields
Fifty-nine is:- The "59-minute rule" is an informal rule in business, whereby employees may be allowed to leave work early, often to beat heavy holiday traffic.
- The number on a button commonly worn by feminist activists in the 1970s; this was based on the claim that a woman earned 59 cents to an equally qualified man's dollar.