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Maxwell's equations in a vacuum describe a wave propagating at speed \(c\) as the interaction of electric field \(E\) and magnetic field \(B\): \(\nabla \cdot E = 0\), \(\nabla \times E = -\frac{\partial B}{\partial t}\), \(\nabla \cdot B = 0\), \(\nabla \times B = \frac{1}{c^2} \frac{\partial E}{\partial t}\).

Prime numbers are key to Euler's product formula, \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k^s}=\prod_{p \;\; \mathrm{prime}}\frac{1}{1-p^{-s}}\), which establishes equality between an infinite sum and product for fixed \(s>1\).

Factorials apply only to nonnegative integers but can be extended to complex numbers with positive real parts using the Gamma function, \(\Gamma(n) = \int_0^\infty e^{-x}x^{n-1}dx\).