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Re: Prime Numbers (was: Big Quantum computer designed at UW Madison)
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Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:56:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Martineau writes:
> Speaking of prime numbers..., does anyone know if there is a special name
> for number whose two factors are each prime numbers? For instance, 3 and 17
> are prime, an their product is 51. Is there a special term for the number
> 51, since the only way you can get it by multipying is by multiplying primes?
> Maybe call it a second-order prime?
it's a composite number, which happens to have 2 prime factors, not three or
so on, so, if anything it might be a first level of composite.
this seems to be a friendly starting point:
http://www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/prime.html
-Erik
reviewing linear differential equations: boy am I rusty at math.
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