 | Asger Aaboe - History - 1963 - 154 pages
...proved, and if not, d is composite and has a factor d' less than d and greater t A prime number is an integer greater than 1 that is divisible only by 1 (and itself), ie, an element of the sequence 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, • • -. The name is a literal translation of... | |
 | Serge Tabachnikov - Mathematics - 1999 - 188 pages
...Number? The reader may feel surprised by this question. Indeed, everyone knows that a prime number is an integer greater than 1 that is divisible only by 1 and itself. That is true, of course, but it is not easy to make use of such a definition, since it implies a proof... | |
 | Joseph Kirtland - Mathematics - 2001 - 194 pages
...2.2.4. An integer is prime if it is greater than 1 and if the only positive integers that divide it are 1 and itself. An integer greater than 1 that is not prime is composite. There are an infinite number of prime numbers. Examples include 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17. 23, 127, 239,... | |
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A prime number is an integer greater than 1 that is divisible only by 1 (and itself... 