prime number
noun
: any integer other than 0 or ± 1 that is not divisible without remainder by any other integers except ± 1 and ± the integer itself
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And one of those 10 questions was if there is a pattern in prime numbers.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
But 72 can also be written as a product of prime numbers, 2 2 2 3 3 — that is, as 23 32.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Tamar Ziegler’s seminal work on prime numbers allowed researchers to port a mathematical technique called a Gowers norm into a new field.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
Someone, somewhere, really doesn’t care for prime numbers.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
But 72 can also be written as a product of prime numbers, 2 2 2 3 3 — that is, as 23 32.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Tamar Ziegler’s seminal work on prime numbers allowed researchers to port a mathematical technique called a Gowers norm into a new field.
—Joseph Howlett, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
Someone, somewhere, really doesn’t care for prime numbers.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Prime number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime%20number. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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