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15877 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: `15877` is 1 more than `15876` (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 `15877` is `252079129`. Subtracting 1, we get `252079128`. Note that `252079128 ÷ 24 = 10503297`.

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: `15877 = 7939^2 - 7938^2 = 63027721 - 63011844`

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: `15877 = 1^2 + 126^2 = 1 + 15876`, where `15877 = 4 × 3969 + 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: `15877` is of the form `4n+1`, where `n = 3969`.

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