79979

79979 is a five-digit integer. It follows the integer 79978 and precedes the integer 79980. In terms of its prime factorization, 79979 is a prime number. This means it is only divisible by 1 and itself. As a prime number, it cannot be expressed as a product of smaller integers greater than one. Its position in the sequence of prime numbers is relatively high, and it is a number that would be encountered in number theory studies or computational mathematics. The properties of prime numbers are fundamental to cryptography and other areas of computer science.