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'''359''' ('''three hundred [and] fifty-nine''') is the [[Natural number|natural number]] following 358 and preceding [[360 (number)|360]]. 359 is the 72nd [[Prime number|prime number]].

==In mathematics==
* 359 is a Sophie Germain prime: <math>2(359)+1=719</math> (also a Sophie Germain prime).
* It is also a [[Safe prime|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|emirp]].
* 359 is an [[Eisenstein prime]] with no imaginary part<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EisensteinPrime.html|website=mathworld.wolfram.com|title=Eisein prime}}</ref> and a [[Chen prime]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mathworld.wolfram.com/ChenPrime.html|website=mathworld.wolfram.com|title=Chen prime}}</ref>
* It is a strictly non-palindromic number.<ref>{{Cite OEIS|A016038|Strictly non-palindromic numbers: n is not palindromic in any base b with 2 <= b <= n-2}}</ref>

==In other fields==
* According to the author [[Biography:Douglas Adams|Douglas Adams]], 359 is the funniest three-digit number.<ref>Simpson, M. J. (2005-04-29). [https://books.google.com/books?id=K-E2cAzsxwUC&q=359&pg=PA113 Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams]. Justin, Charles & Co. {{ISBN|9781932112351}}. Read 2015-12-06</ref>


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