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What is a mersume prime number?
Let p = any prime number. (2p -1) is called a Mersenne number. Any such number that is prime is called a Mersenne Prime. Father Mersenne wrote a list of numbers of this type which he thought were prime, but a few were not. In fact, most of the large Mersenne numbers are not prime, but all the really large numbers that have been proved to be prime are Mersenne Primes.
Do large numbers give longer number chains?
Most of the time, but large prime numbers still have only two factors.
Uses of prime numbers in daily life?
Prime numbers are used to encrypt credit cards and identify them.
Explain Why the Numbers 0 and 1 have no prime factor?
2 is the smallest prime number. Numbers can't have factors larger than themselves. Zero and one aren't large enough to have prime factors.
What are prime numbers used for in the real world?
cryptography
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