Composite number
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A composite number is a positive integer that can be factored as a product of two or more prime numbers. Every integer greater than one is either a prime number or a composite number. The number one is considered to be neither prime nor composite. The integer 14 is a composite number because it can be factored as 2 × 7.
Properties
- All even numbers greater than 2 are composite numbers.
- All composite numbers are non-primes.
- The smallest composite number is 4.
- One has <math>(n-1)! + 1\,\,\, \not\equiv \,\, 0 \pmod{n}<math> for all composite numbers <math>n\,\!<math> greater than 4 (Wilson's theorem).
- Also, <math>(n-1)! \,\,\, \equiv \,\, 0 \pmod{n}<math> for all composite numbers <math>n\,\!<math> greater than 4 (composite theorem).cs:Složené číslo
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