A basic feature of number theory, prime numbers are also a fundamental building block of computer science, from hashtables to cryptography.

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The largest known prime number has been discovered by a computer at a university in Missouri in the US. Prime numbers - such as two, three, five and seven - are divisible only by themselves and ...

An example of a prime number is 13 as it only has two factors: 13 and 1, whereas 9 is not a prime number as it has three factors: 9, 3 and 1.