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Is there a name for numbers whose only factors are primes and semiprimes but may not be primes in themselves? (lemmy.world)

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And for how long can this pattern continue?

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[–] yimo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I think numbers like these would be very useful in cryptography, where the higher the power of a prime factor sometimes, the easier it is to factor it. Some probably obscure probability calculations and so on