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>>9352028
Forgot pic

>>9352020
23

11

2

Either 7 or 9781

pi or e....so 3.

>>9352028
correct answer

The highest known as of today
4

1

:3c

>>9352020
91 :^)

>>9352020
>-1
>prime
i think im missing something here...

lol why would you have a favorite prime number hahaha freaking nerd

>>9353190
pic related

>>9353190
Not op but
My reasoning is that a prime is a whole number p that can only be factored as 1 * p
for example 7 = 1 * 7, 11 = 1 * 11,
now if we remove the restriction of whole numbers and use the integers we see that the only new number that can be written like this is -1.
-1 = 1 * -1 all other negative numbers can be factored as such -7 = -1 * 7
this may seem bad because of the following argument
7 = -1 * -7 so 7 isn't prime.
but remember
7 = (-1)^2 (1 * 7)
7 = 1 * 1 * 7

>>9352020

5040

(hint: anti prime)

-1 can't be a prime for the same reason 1 can't, you lose unique factorization, (-1)^3=-1. However, you should extend unique factorization to rational numbers so any positive rational number [math]q=\prod_{i\in\mathbb{N}}p^{m_i}[/math]
where [math]m_i\in\mathbb{Z}[/math]

>>9353586
well then if we take i as a factor couldnt that work as well?

>>9353605
why 7!?

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>>9353662
units can't be primes brainlet

>>9353586
Units shouldn't be considered primes, -1 is a unit in the integers. Units being primes breaks unique prime factorization