prime number

常见例句

This is the largest prime number that has been discovered (with the aid of a large computer) to date.
這是迄今爲止發現的最大素數(借助於一台大型計算機)。
Professor Sujimoto’s fame had increased after he had discovered what was, at the time, the largest prime number ever found.
杉本教授在發現了到那時爲止所發現的最大素數之後名望已增大了。
A prime number is an integer greater than or equal to 2 that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors, 1 and itself.
素數是指大於等於2且衹有兩個不同約數的整數：1和它自己。

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