359 (number) explained

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^[1] and a Chen prime.^[2]
• It is a strictly non-palindromic number.^[3]

In other fields

• According to the author Douglas Adams, 359 is the funniest three-digit number.^[4]

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1. Web site: Eisein prime. mathworld.wolfram.com.
2. Web site: Chen prime. mathworld.wolfram.com.
3. b <= n-2.
4. [M. J. Simpson|Simpson, M. J.]