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prime numbers are invented by srinivasan ramanujan, an Indian mathematician.
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Who invented the prime and composite numbers?
Nobody invented them, they are just names for numbers. A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite.
What is you called when the prime factorization of a number is 1 and itself?
You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!
Is a factor a prime number?
A factor can or cannot be a prime number Ex: 2 is the factor of all other even numbers its a prime number but 9 is a factor of 18 and its not a prime number A prime is a factor but a factor being a prime number varies
What is a prime number times a prime number?
A prime number times a prime number is a composite number. Since prime numbers, except for 2, are odd numbers, a prime number times a prime number is usually an odd number. It will only be an even number if one of the prime numbers is 2. A prime number times a prime number will be a number with four factors unless both prime numbers are the same, in which case it will be a square number with only three factors.
Is 101 a prime or composite number?
101 is a prime number. The only factor of 101 is itself and 1.prime
Who invented the prime number sieve?
Eratosthenes
Who invented twin prime number?
Nobody invented them - they are a characteristic of the set of numbers.
Who invented co-prime number?
Nobody invented them. They are simply numbers, prime or composite, such that they have no factor in common other than 1.
Who invented latest prime number?
Prime numbers are discovered, as they exist as part of number theory. As of April 2011, the largest known prime number is 243,112,609 − 1. This number was discovered in 2008 by Edson Smith, a systems administrator at UCLA.
Who invented prime rib?
prime rib was not invented. it is a meat
Who invented the prime and composite numbers?
Nobody invented them, they are just names for numbers. A prime number has only 2 factors which are 1 and itself. Composite numbers are everything else except 1 and 0. 1 and 0 are neither prime, nor composite.
What does the prime number graph invented by Eratosthenes look like?
it looks like a 100 square grid with 1 to 100 and you highlight all the prime numbers
What is you called when the prime factorization of a number is 1 and itself?
You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!You is called a prime number!
Is a factor a prime number?
A factor can or cannot be a prime number Ex: 2 is the factor of all other even numbers its a prime number but 9 is a factor of 18 and its not a prime number A prime is a factor but a factor being a prime number varies
What was the name of the man that invented prime numbers?
mr prime
How did Eratosthenes invent prime numbers?
Prime numbers are not invented.
Why 7 is not a prime number?
7 is a prime number!
