Re: prime numbers and African artifact
Michael Jennings (M.J.Jennings@amtp.cam.ac.uk)
15 Jul 1995 14:41:27 GMT
In article <hnsngr-1507950023340001@slip4048.sirius.com>,
Ron Hunsinger <hnsngr@sirius.com> wrote:
>In article <3u5qf7$64c@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, M.J.Jennings@amtp.cam.ac.uk
>(Michael Jennings) wrote:
>
>> The reason that one is not a prime number is because virtually
>> all theorems in mathematics based on prime numbers do not make sense
>> if we include it. What's more, they _cannot_ be made to make sense
>> if we include it.
>
>They can be made to make sense. It's just that it's messy to have to keep
>saying "prime bigger than one" everywhere instead of just "prime".
>
Okay. Fair enough.
Michael.
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