prime number

Summary

prime number is a type of integer^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• prime number's instance of is recorded as type of integer^[3].
• prime number was followed by twin prime^[4].
• prime number is a type of square-free integer^[5].
• prime number is a type of prime element^[6].
• prime number is part of set of prime numbers^[7].
• prime number's Commons category is recorded as Prime numbers^[8].
• prime number is the opposite of composite number^[9].
• prime number's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prime numbers^[10].
• prime number's notation is recorded as P/p^[11].
• prime number's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/primes^[12].
• prime number's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/prime-numbers^[13].
• prime number's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/prime-numbers^[14].
• prime number's has characteristic is recorded as divisor^[15].
• prime number's different from is recorded as set of prime numbers^[16].
• prime number's has list is recorded as list of prime numbers^[17].
• prime number's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].
• prime number's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[19].

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Definition and Type

prime number's instance of is recorded as type of integer^[3]. Recorded subclass of include square-free integer^[5] and prime element^[6]. It is the opposite of composite number^[9].

Use and Application

prime number is part of set of prime numbers^[7].

Influence

Things named for prime number include super-prime^[20]; emirp^[21]; prime ideal^[22]; and 7919 Prime^[23], an asteroid^[24].

Why It Matters

prime number has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]

Entities named for it include super-prime^[20]; emirp^[21]; prime ideal^[22]; and 7919 Prime^[23], an asteroid^[24].