Prime (English)
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Definition (keystage 2)
If we have a variable x, and we wish to denote a different version of x, something that is related to x but not the same as it, we might write this other variable as x ′ , read 'x prime'.
Definition (undergraduate level)
An element a ≠ 0 in a ring R is prime if it satisfies
Compare irreducible.
Of an ideal: see ideal.
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Of an ideal: see ideal.
Relations
- broader:
- (en) Integer
- narrower:
- (en) Gaussian prime
- (en) Prime factorization
- referenced:
- (en) RSA algorithm
- (en) Unique factorisation domain
- see also:
- (en) Ideal
- (en) Irreducible
- (en) Prime number
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