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16223 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: `16223` is 1 less than `16224` (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 `16223` is `263185729`. Subtracting 1, we get `263185728`. Note that `263185728 ÷ 24 = 10966072`.

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: `16223 = 8112^2 - 8111^2 = 65804544 - 65788321`

4) 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: `16223` is of the form `4n-1`, where `n = 4056`.

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