Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A prime number is just a natural number that can be divided only by itself and 1, without leaving a remainder. That mightn’t seem like a particularly big deal. But the fact is, prime numbers are the building blocks of the mathematical universe and some of the greatest unsolved mysteries in maths involve primes.

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