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Composite numbers (Posted on 2003-03-05)

Find 2000 consecutive composite numbers.

(Of course you can't do this by trial and error alone)

For those who do not know what a composite number is, it is any integer greater than 1 that is not prime. (4, 6, 8, 9, ...)

See The Solution Submitted by Anoop

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Comment 23 of 23 |

(In reply to answer by K Sengupta)

Of course the infinite family of sequences given by:

n!+2, n!+3, n!+4, ......, n! +2001, where n is a positive integer >=2001

is perfectly valid, with each sequence generating precisely 2000 composite numbers.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-04-17 00:01:13

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