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Consider the following statement: The square of a prime number is not prime. (a) Write this as an if-then statement, using careful mathematical language and notation. (b) Prove or disprove the statement.

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The square of a prime number is not prime.

a) let x ∈ R, If x ∈ {prime numbers}, then
x^(2)∉{prime numbers}

there says that if x is a real and x is in the set of the prime numbers, then the square of x isn't in the set of prime numbers.

b) Prove or disprove the statement.

ok, if x is a prime number, then x only can be divided by himself. Now is easy to see that
x^(2) = x*x can be divided by himself and x, then x*x is not a prime number, because can be divided by another number different than himself

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