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by jdoliner 420 days ago
Mathematicians generally feel that a single number qualifies as a "product of 1 number." So 7 can be written as just 7 which is still considered a product of prime(s). This is purely a convention thing to make it so theorems can be stated more succinctly, as with not counting 1 as prime.
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Ah, OK, thank you.