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semiprime

semiprime noun: a natural number that is the product of two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers.

Noun

semiprime (plural semiprimes)

  1. A natural number that is the product of two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers.
    • Again, to be perfectly clear, we are looking for c values that produce a low density of semiprimes when employing Euler's basic polynomial but changing the c values, in the range of x=1 to 10000. Some very early standouts are: c=4 which produces 799 semiprimes; c=6 which produces 532 semiprimes...2010, Jason Earls, The Lowbrow Experimental Mathematician, Lulu.com, page 145
    • Firstly, we should change semiprimes from time to time, where a particular semiprime should only be used in a time interval shorter than the time required to factor an RSA challenge number of a similar length. Secondly, we should use semiprimes that consist of more than 200 decimal digits.2015, Jie Wang, Zachary A. Kissel, Introduction to Network Security: Theory and Practice, Wiley [under licence from Higher Education Press], page 113
    Synonyms:
    biprime

Adjective

semiprime (not comparable)

  1. That has properties derived directly or by extension from a semiprime.
    • The final part of the semiprime-semisimple analogy is given by
    • Proposition 4.4. A ring #92;mathbf#123;R#125; is semiprime if and only if #92;mathbf#123;R#125; is isomorphic to a subdirect product of prime rings.1974, Thomas W. Hungerford, Algebra, Springer, page 446

Examples of semiprime in a sentence

  • Again, to be perfectly clear, we are looking for c values that produce a low density of semiprimes when employing Euler's basic polynomial but changing the c values, in the range of x=1 to 10000.2010, Jason Earls, The Lowbrow Experimental Mathematician, Lulu.com, page 145:
  • In this chapter we shall study the structure of semiprime alternative algebras.1982, K. A. Zhevlakov, A. M. Slin'ko, I. P. Shestakov, A. I. Shirshov, translated by Harry F. Smith, Rings That Are Nearly Associative...
  • Let f be a semiprime fuzzy ideal of S and x#92;inS.2003, John N. Mordeson, Davender S. Malik, Nobuaki Kuroki, Fuzzy Semigroups, Springer, page 213:

Synonyms of semiprime

Forms of semiprime

pluralsemiprimes

Origin of semiprime

From semi- + prime.

Words formed from semiprime

  • discrete semiprime
  • distinct semiprime
  • semiprimal

Questions about semiprime

What does semiprime mean?
Semiprime means a natural number that is the product of two (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers.
How do you use semiprime in a sentence?
Again, to be perfectly clear, we are looking for c values that produce a low density of semiprimes when employing Euler's basic polynomial but changing the c values, in the range of x=1 to 10000.
What part of speech is semiprime?
Semiprime can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of semiprime?
The plural of semiprime is semiprimes.

Words near semiprime in the dictionary

  1. semipreparative
  2. semipresidential
  3. semipresidentialism
  4. semiprimal
  5. semiprimality
  6. semiprime
  7. semiprimes
  8. semiprimitive
  9. semiprimitivity
  10. semiprivacy
  11. semiprivate

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