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Encyclopedia > 58 (number)

58 is the natural number following 57 and preceding 59.

List of numbersIntegers

<< 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 >>

Cardinal fifty-eight
Ordinal 58th (fifty-eighth)
Factorization
Roman numeral LVIII
Binary 111010
Hexadecimal 3A

In mathematics

Fifty-eight is the sum of the first seven prime numbers, an 11-gonal number, and a Smith number. Given 58, the Mertens function returns 0. There is no answer to the equation x - φ(x) = 58, making 58 a noncototient.


In science

In astronomy,

Messier object M58, a magnitude 11.0 galaxy in the constellation Virgo
The New General Catalogue object (http://www.ngcic.org/) NGC 58, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is also the object designated as NGC 47
The Saros number (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEsaros/SEsaros1-175.html) of the solar eclipse series which began on -1114 June 7 and ended on 166 July 14. The duration of Saros series 58 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses.
The Saros number (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEsaros/LEsaros1-175.html) of the lunar eclipse series which began on -812 March 16 and ended on 486 May 4. The duration of Saros series 58 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 lunar eclipses.

In other fields

Fifty-eight is also:

  • The code for international direct dial phone calls to Venezuela.
  • Part of the title of a collection of songs by Esther Lee, Fifty-Eight Now Nine.
  • The year AD 58, 58 BC, or 1958.



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58 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (250 words)
Fifty-eight is the sum of the first seven prime numbers, an 11-gonal number, and a Smith number.
The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -1114 June 7 and ended on 166 July 14.
The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -812 March 16 and ended on 486 May 4.
Caffeine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4808 words)
Because this condition can mimic organic mental disorders, such as panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, or even schizophrenia, a number of medical professionals believe caffeine-intoxicated people are routinely misdiagnosed and unnecessarily medicated when the treatment for caffeine-induced psychosis would simply be to withhold further caffeine.
The third metabolic derivative, paraxanthine, is responsible for an increase in the lipolysis process, which releases glycerol and fatty acids into the blood to be used as a source of fuel by the muscles.
Because caffeine is primarily an antagonist of the central nervous system's receptors for the neurotransmitter adenosine, the bodies of individuals who regularly consume caffeine adapt to the continual presence of the drug by substantially increasing the number of adenosine receptors in the central nervous system.
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