Assertion: prime number | /r/HasAspect | many applications
Facets:
value: in advanced mathematics
type: OTHER
value: outside of pure mathematics[b
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Prime numbers are of central importance to number theory but also have many applications to other areas within mathematics, including abstract algebra and elementary geometry.
text: The idea that prime numbers had few applications outside of pure mathematics[b] was shattered in the 1970s when public-key cryptography and the RSA cryptosystem were invented, using prime numbers as their basis.
text: Prime numbers have many applications in advanced mathematics, especially when used as factors in other numbers.