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2887 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: `2887` is 1 more than `2886` (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 `2887` is `8334769`. Subtracting 1, we get `8334768`. Note that `8334768 ÷ 24 = 347282`.

3) Difference of squares: Every prime number greater than 2 can be expressed as the difference of the squares of two positive integers.
Example: `2887 = 1444^2 - 1443^2 = 2085136 - 2082249`

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: `2887` is of the form `4n-1`, where `n = 722`.

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