highly composite number
A positive integer that has more divisors than any smaller positive integerA positive integer that has more divisors than any smaller positive integer.
Meaning
2 sensesA positive integer that has more divisors than any smaller positive integer.
hochzusammengesetzte Zahl
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see highly, composite number; A positive integer that has a relatively large number of divisors.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Coined by Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan in 1915, although it has been suggestedCoined by Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan in 1915, although it has been suggested that Plato may have known of the concept, since he specified 5040 (a highly composite number) as the ideal number of citizens in a city.
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Forms
plural: highly composite numbers| Singular | highly composite number |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsSee also
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