Show that every positive number n can be represented as a product of prime numbers.

**Blanket** · September 29th 2011, 09:57 AM

Hi,

Ive been trying to work out this problem from a past exam paper, but I really just dont understand.....

Show that every positive number n can be represented as a product of prime numbers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated....

**MoeBlee** · September 29th 2011, 10:26 AM

To show that every natural number n>1 is prime or the product of primes, use strong induction on n.

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