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100957 is a prime number.

About the Calculator

This calculator performs the decomposition of a number into its prime factors and lists all its natural divisors. Enter an integer between 1 and 1,000,000.

Curiosities

1) Relation to multiples of 6: Every prime number greater than 3 is always one less or one more than a multiple of 6.
Example: `100957` is 1 more than `100956` (multiple of 6).

2) Square minus 1 divisible by 24: For every prime number greater than 3, if 1 is subtracted from its square, the result is always divisible by 24.
Example: The square of `100957` is `10192315849`. Subtracting 1, we get `10192315848`. Note that `10192315848 ÷ 24 = 424679827`.

3) Difference of squares: Every prime number greater than 2 can be expressed as the difference of the squares of two consecutive natural numbers.
Example: `100957 = 50479^2 - 50478^2 = 2548129441 - 2548028484`

4) Sum of two squares: Every prime number of the form `4n+1` (where n is a positive natural number) can be expressed as the sum of two squares.
Example: `100957 = 74^2 + 309^2 = 5476 + 95481`, where `100957 = 4 × 25239 + 1`.

5) Form `4n+1` or `4n-1`: Except for the number 2, all prime numbers follow the pattern `4n+1` or `4n-1`, where `n` is a natural number.
Example: `100957` is of the form `4n+1`, where `n = 25239`.

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