Prove that for all primes p that if p does not divide n2, then p does not divide n.

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Chapter2: The Integers
Section2.4: Prime Factors And Greatest Common Divisor
Problem 19E: Prove that if n is a positive integer greater than 1 such that n is not a prime, then n has a...
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