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composite number [kəm′päz·ət ′nəm·bər] (mathematics) Any positive integer which is not prime. Also known as composite quantity. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Greeks were the first to notice the difference between composite numbers, or those that can be broken down into groups of other numbers, and primes, those numbers that can't be divided by anything but 1 and themselves. In summary, the composite numbers indicate the widespread presence of high-grade copper mineralization in southeast Ecuador. However, a few composite numbers also pass the test, so further steps are needed to weed them out to ensure that the target truly is a prime (SN: 3/6/82, p. |
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