prime () n. [ME, fr. MF, fem. of prin first, L primus; akin to L prior] 1 : first in time; original 2 a : having no factor except itself and one <3 is a ~ number> b : having no common factor except one <12 and 25 are relatively ~> 3 a: first in rank, authority or significance : principal b : having the highest quality or value <~ television time> [from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary]
The most relevant definition for this problem is 2a: An integer g > 1 is said to be prime if and only if its only positive divisors are itself and one (otherwise it is said to be composite). For example, the number 21 is composite; the number 23 is prime. Note that the decompositon of a positive number g into its prime factors, i.e.,
is unique if we assert that fi > 1 for all i and fi <= fj for i < j.
One interesting class of prime numbers are the so-called Mersenne primes which are of the form 2p - 1. Euler proved that 231 - 1 is prime in 1772 -- all without the aid of a computer.
<g> = < f1 > × < f2 > × ... × < fn >If 0 > g = f1 × f2 × ... × fn, the format of the output line should be
<g> = -1 × < f1 > × < f2 > × ... × < fn >
-190 -191 -192 -193 -194 195 196 197 198 199 200 0
-190 = -1 x 2 x 5 x 19 -191 = -1 x 191 -192 = -1 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 -193 = -1 x 193 -194 = -1 x 2 x 97 195= 3 x 5 x 13 196= 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 197 = 197 198= 2 x 3 x 3 x 11 199 = 199 200= 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 x 5