Answer by user142929 for origin of analogy "primes as the atoms of number...
I add this as my contribution, just as a footnote of the answer and comments that were posted. My post isn't an answer for your question, just additional remarks that maybe are interesting in my view,...
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For an ancient source regarding the "indivisibility" of prime numbers (but avoiding the term "atom"), see:Nicomachus of Gerasa (c.60 – c.120 CE), Introduction to Arithmetic (Arithmetike eisagoge),...
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a math student recently challenged me on the old comparison/ analogy of prime numbers to "the atoms of number theory or arithmetic" and then was wondering the origin of the phrase.where does this...
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