Quickly determine if any number is prime or composite.
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Enter a positive integer
Trial division up to √nCheck divisibility by 2, 3, then 6k±1 up to square root of n. If no divisors found → prime.
2 and 3 are handled separately for optimization
Next: prime factorization.
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All other even numbers are divisible by 2, so they are composite.
No — primes must have exactly two distinct positive divisors (1 and itself). 1 has only one.