Definition:Prime Number/Definition 7

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Definition

A prime number $p$ is an integer greater than $1$ which cannot be written in the form:

$p = a b$

where $a$ and $b$ are both positive integers less than $p$.


That is:

$P = \set {x \in \N: \forall p, q \in \N: p, q \ne 1: x \ne p q}$

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