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Prime Number Generator

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Prime Numbers Between 1 and 100

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About Prime Numbers

A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself. Prime numbers are the building blocks of all numbers, as every integer greater than 1 is either a prime itself or can be factored into primes in a unique way.

Properties:

  • The only even prime number is 2
  • 1 is not considered a prime number
  • There are infinitely many prime numbers
  • Primes become less frequent as numbers get larger

Applications:

  • Cryptography (RSA encryption)
  • Hashing algorithms
  • Random number generation
  • Mathematical research

Did You Know?

The largest known prime number as of 2023 is 282,589,933 − 1, a number with 24,862,048 digits when written in base 10. It was found by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS).

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