359 (number)

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: $$2(359)+1=719$$ (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.