SOLUTION: What is meant by the terms form 2k and form 3m in equations dealing with prime numbers? Is the 2 the number of elements in a subset of factors? What does the k stand for?
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Question 694313: What is meant by the terms form 2k and form 3m in equations dealing with prime numbers? Is the 2 the number of elements in a subset of factors? What does the k stand for?
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Claire Answer by KMST(5396) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Without more context, my guess as to the meaning of and is almost a wild guess.
For divisibility and prime factoring, I would use and to mean whole numbers.
Then, I would represent even numbers (multiples of 2) as , odd numbers as , and multiples of 3 as .
The meaning of your and has to have been defined at some point (maybe a couple of pages/lessons back).
