Prime number
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| - | A ''prime number'' is a number (greater than one) which has exactly two natural number divisors: one and itself. For example, three can only be divided by one and three. Therefore, it is a prime number. | + | A '''prime number''' is a [[natural number]] (greater than one) which has exactly two [[natural number]] divisors: one and itself. For example, three can only be divided by one and three. Therefore, it is a prime number. |
==The First Thirty== | ==The First Thirty== | ||
| - | The first thirty prime numbers are: | + | The first thirty or so prime numbers are: |
| - | *[[2 | + | *[[2]] |
| - | *[[3 | + | *[[3]] |
| - | *[[5 | + | *[[5]] |
| - | *[[7 | + | *[[7]] |
| - | *[[11 | + | *[[11]] |
| - | *[[13 | + | *[[13]] |
| - | *[[17 | + | *[[17]] |
| - | *[[19 | + | *[[19]] |
| - | *[[23 | + | *[[23]] |
| - | *[[29 | + | *[[29]] |
| - | *[[31 | + | *[[31]] |
| - | *[[37 | + | *[[37]] |
| - | *[[41 | + | *[[41]] |
| - | *[[43 | + | *[[43]] |
| - | *[[47 | + | *[[47]] |
| - | *[[53 | + | *[[53]] |
| - | *[[59 | + | *[[59]] |
| - | *[[61 | + | *[[61]] |
| - | *[[67 | + | *[[67]] |
| - | *[[71 | + | *[[71]] |
| - | *[[73 | + | *[[73]] |
| - | *[[79 | + | [[Category: Numbers]] |
| - | *[[83 | + | |
| - | *[[89 | + | *[[79]] |
| - | *[[97 | + | *[[83]] |
| - | *[[101 | + | *[[89]] |
| - | *[[103 | + | *[[97]] |
| - | *[[107 | + | *[[101]] |
| - | *[[109 | + | *[[103]] |
| - | *[[113 | + | *[[107]] |
| - | =See Also== | + | *[[109]] |
| - | [[composite number]] | + | *[[113]] |
| + | |||
| + | ==See Also== | ||
| + | *[[composite number]] | ||
| + | *[[natural number]] | ||
Current revision as of 02:51, 2 April 2008
A prime number is a natural number (greater than one) which has exactly two natural number divisors: one and itself. For example, three can only be divided by one and three. Therefore, it is a prime number.
[edit] The First Thirty
The first thirty or so prime numbers are:
