prime number
Definition
Whole number large than 1 that can be divided by only 1 and itself without leaving a factor or fraction, such as 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 ... etc. Every natural number is either a prime or can be expressed as a multiple of a prime. All primes except the number 2 are odd numbers, because all other even numbers are multiples of 2.
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prime number is in the Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subject.
prime number appears in the definition of the following term: Rivest Shami Adleman (RSA) method
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