Prime numbers

Prime number A prime number is a natural number with exactly 2 distinct divisors. For example 2, 3, 5, 7 and so on. Given number N, How do we determine if it is prime? One approach is to iterate through the numbers [1, N] and count how many of them divide N. Can we check it faster than this? If prime number has only 2 divisors, that means it s divisible by only 1 and itself....

June 20, 2023 · 3 min · 457 words · Me