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Is 2 prime?

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Is the integer 2 prime (of positive integers: having exactly two positive divisors, 1 and itself)?
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Prime number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Among the numbers 1 to 6, the numbers 2, 3, and 5 are the prime numbers, while 1, 4, and 6 are not prime. 1 is excluded as a prime number, for reasons explained below. 2 is a prime ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number
2 (number) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two and three are the only two consecutive prime numbers. 2 is the first Sophie Germain prime, the first factorial prime, the first Lucas prime, and the first Smarandache-Wellin ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_(number)
Why is 2 a prime number
This is a simple, yet accurate definition of a prime number: "an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1." The number 2 only has two integral factors: 1 & 2.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_2_a_prime_number
Prime Number -- from Wolfram MathWorld
With 1 excluded, the smallest prime is therefore 2. However, since 2 is the only even prime (which, ironically, in some sense makes it the "oddest" prime), it is also somewhat ...
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeNumber.html
Prime Curios!: 2
One of many pages of prime number curiosities and trivia. This page discusses 2 Come explore a new prime today!
http://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php/2.html

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