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Mathematics-Online course: Basic Mathematics - Natural Numbers

Primes

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A natural number $ n\geq2$ is prime if $ 1$ and $ n$ are its only divisors.

The first few primes are

$\displaystyle 2,3,5,7,11,\ldots \,, $

The sequence of primes infinite, i.e., there exist arbitrarily large prime numbers.

(Authors: Höllig/Kimmerle/Abele)
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