A composite number n is a positive integer n>1 which is not prime (i.e., which has factors other than 1 and itself). The first few composite numbers (sometimes called "composites" for short) are 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, ... (OEIS A002808), whose prime decompositions are summarized in the following table. Note that the number 1 is a special case which is considered to be neither composite nor prime.
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