Re: prime numbers and African artifact

Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan (dmckiern@weber.ucsd.edu)
Thu, 13 Jul 1995 00:55:25 -0700

On Tue, 11 Jul 1995, Alistair J. R. Young wrote:

>Rick Hawkins writes:
>
>> But only half- credit, since it's the wrong answer. 1 is not prime.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong but if a prime number is only divisible by itself
> and 1, 1 is prime. What else is it divisible by?

I'm familiar with three definitions of "prime number".

[1] A positive integer divisible only by itself and by 1.

[2] Same as [1] except that the number must also be greater than 1.

[3] Same as [1] or [2] except that the number must also be greater
than 2.

For my part, I don't care for definitions [2] or [3].

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