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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In the Prime Target trailer, Leo Woodall plays a Newton-ridiculing, mathlete determined to find a pattern in prime numbers.
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
The zeta function has long been known to govern the distribution of prime numbers.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Prime Target brings in One Day actor Leo Woodall as a postgrad math genius who discovers he’s being followed by the National Security Agency for his work studying prime numbers.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
But are there other n’s for which the result is a prime number?
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
The zeta function has long been known to govern the distribution of prime numbers.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Prime Target brings in One Day actor Leo Woodall as a postgrad math genius who discovers he’s being followed by the National Security Agency for his work studying prime numbers.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
But are there other n’s for which the result is a prime number?
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prime number
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“Prime number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime%20number. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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