composite number

== English == === Noun === composite number (plural composite numbers) (number theory) A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1. Antonym: prime number Hyponyms: highly composite number, semiprime Hypernyms: natural number, integer, number 2006, Sze Kui Ng, Quantum Invariant of 3-Manifolds, Samuel F. Neilson (editor), New Research on Three-manifolds and Mathematics, Nova Science Publishers, page 47: It is interesting that in each interval composite numbers are one-to-one assigned to the comparable composite knots while prime numbers are one-to-one assigned to prime knots. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Canonical representation of a positive integer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Integer factorization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sieve of Eratosthenes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Table of prime factors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Lists of Composites and Composite Generators with Prime Factors