59

Number
$59$ (fifty-nine) is:


 * The $17$th prime number, after $2$, $3$, $5$, $7$, $11$, $13$, $17$, $19$, $23$, $29$, $31$, $37$, $41$, $43$, $47$, $53$


 * The $1$st of the $7$th pair of twin primes, with $61$


 * The upper end of the $4$th record-breaking gap between twin primes:
 * $59 - 43 = 16$


 * The $34$th positive integer after $2$, $3$, $4$, $7$, $8$, $\ldots$, $44$, $45$, $46$, $49$, $50$, $54$, $55$ which cannot be expressed as the sum of distinct pentagonal numbers.


 * One of the prime factors of one of the terms of one of the $2$ representations of $635 \, 318 \, 657$ as the sum of $2$ fourth powers:
 * $635 \, 318 \, 657 = 59^4 + 158^4$

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