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Re: prime numbers and African artifactRon Hunsinger (hnsngr@sirius.com)Sat, 15 Jul 1995 00:23:34 -0700
In article <3u5qf7$64c@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>, M.J.Jennings@amtp.cam.ac.uk
> The reason that one is not a prime number is because virtually
They can be made to make sense. It's just that it's messy to have to keep
For an example of the alternatives, look at Euclid's Elements (which is
The Greeks did not considier 1 to be a number (prime or otherwise), so
-Ron Hunsinger
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