composite number
Noun
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Noun
composite number (plural composite numbers)
- (number theory) A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
- 1853, Edward Hinkley, Tables of the Prime Numbers and Prime Factors of the Composite Numbers from 1 to 100,000, page 13 ↗,
- It is evident, moreover, that if a composite number terminates in any one of the digits 1, 3, 7, 9, no one of its factors can be the number 5, or any number ending in 5.
- 1994, Hans Riesel, Prime Numbers and Computer Methods for Factorization, Springer (Birkhäuser), 2nd Edition, ISBN 0-8176-3743-5, page 91 ↗,
- The above remark applies also to many composite numbers which are not Carmichael numbers, but which are still not shown to be composite by Fermat's theorem for a specific base a. […] Therefore, using Euler's criterion or a strong primality test with enough bases will finally reveal any composite number or, alternatively, prove the primality of any prime N.
- 2006, Sze Kui Ng, Quantum Invariant of 3-Manifolds, Samuel F. Neilson (editor), New Research on Three-manifolds and Mathematics, Nova Science Publishers, page 47 ↗,
- It is interesting that in each interval composite numbers are one-to-one assigned to the comparable composite knots while prime numbers are one-to-one assigned to prime knots.
- 1853, Edward Hinkley, Tables of the Prime Numbers and Prime Factors of the Composite Numbers from 1 to 100,000, page 13 ↗,
- German: zusammengesetzte Zahl
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