1 Apr
2012
1 Apr
'12
12:44 p.m.
On 1 Apr 2012 at 15:31, Mouse wrote:
While it is logically consistent to consider 1 a
prime, you then end
up with a lot of "any prime except 1" and similar phrases scattered
all over the place (notably, in the fundamental theorem of
arithemtic), whereas not considering 1 to be a prime results in a lot
fewer of the analogous "any prime or 1". That is, defining `prime' to
exclude 1 turns out to result in a more useful definition.
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