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87509 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: `87509` is 1 less than `87510` (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 `87509` is `7657825081`. Subtracting 1, we get `7657825080`. Note that `7657825080 ÷ 24 = 319076045`.

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: `87509 = 43755^2 - 43754^2 = 1914500025 - 1914412516`

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: `87509 = 22^2 + 295^2 = 484 + 87025`, where `87509 = 4 × 21877 + 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: `87509` is of the form `4n+1`, where `n = 21877`.

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