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Prime numbers are only divisible by themselves and one. Robert Brook via Getty Images In the 17th century, French monk and mathematician Marin Mersenne developed a method to find prime numbers ...

Proving numbers are prime gets really interesting. With smaller primes, say 11, it's an easy task. Simply divide it by all the smaller integers (1-10) and see if you are left with any integers. If ...