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A positive integer p is called a prime, if p has exactly two different positive divisors. Every prime p is thus greater than 1 and it is divisible by itself and 1. Positive integers greater than 1 are called composite if they are not primes.
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Křížek, M., Somer, L., Šolcová, A. (2021). Prime and Composite Numbers. In: From Great Discoveries in Number Theory to Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83899-7_2
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