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composite number (dict)
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Composite NumberA composite number is a positive integer with three or more divisors. Every integer (excluding one and zero) is either a prime number or a composite number. The integer 14 is a composite number because it has divisors 1, 2, 7, and 14 (four divisors). Note that a square number will always have an odd number of divisors (9 has divisors 1, 3, 9) while a non-square number always has an even number of divisors. Because the number 1 and the composite number itself are not prime numbers, a composite number can also be defined as "a non-prime number with one or more prime factors". Properties - All even numbers greater than 2 are composite numbers.
- All composite numbers are non-primes.
- The smallest composite number is 4.
- For all composite number greater than 4 (Wilson's theorem).
- For all composite number greater than 4 (composite theorem).
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