2959 has 4 divisors (see below), whose sum is σ = 3240. Its totient is φ = 2680.

The previous prime is 2957. The next prime is 2963. The reversal of 2959 is 9592.

It is a semiprime because it is the product of two primes.

It is a cyclic number.

It is not a de Polignac number, because 2959 - 2¹ = 2957 is a prime.

It is a Duffinian number.

It is a plaindrome in base 13 and base 14.

It is a congruent number.

It is not an unprimeable number, because it can be changed into a prime (2953) by changing a digit.

It is a polite number, since it can be written in 3 ways as a sum of consecutive naturals, for example, 124 + ... + 145.

It is an arithmetic number, because the mean of its divisors is an integer number (810).

2²⁹⁵⁹ is an apocalyptic number.

2959 is a deficient number, since it is larger than the sum of its proper divisors (281).

2959 is a wasteful number, since it uses less digits than its factorization.

2959 is an evil number, because the sum of its binary digits is even.

The sum of its prime factors is 280.

The product of its digits is 810, while the sum is 25.

The square root of 2959 is about 54.3966910758. The cubic root of 2959 is about 14.3564916179.

It can be divided in two parts, 29 and 59, that multiplied together give a triangular number (1711 = T₅₈).

The spelling of 2959 in words is "two thousand, nine hundred fifty-nine".