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Question: Number Theory-FactorSet

Question:Number Theory-FactorSet

eunice95 15 Maple
student prime
November 22 2014
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Nm= p1. p2 ...pm + 1, for m more than or equals 1.

 

So N1 = p1 + 1 = 2 + 1 = 3, N2 = p1 p2 + 1 = 2  3 + 1 = 7, etc.

 

We prove that Nm is not divisible by any of p1, p2, . . . , pm, so that Nm is either a prime or it is divisible by a prime larger than pm.

 

(c) Use Maple to find out which of these numbers Nm, for m = 1, 2, . . . , 15, is actually prime.

 

Use Maple to compare pm with the smallest prime number that divides Nm, for m =1, 2, . . . , 15.

 
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