Greg McCarroll
Fri, 02 Mar 2001 09:42:29 -0800
* Philip Newton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > * Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > This summary has been bought to you by the letters Alpha, Beta and > > > Gamma, the numbers 1,3,5,7 all superimposed and the colour Octarine. > > > > and 2, please 2, it'll keep me happy, then we can discuss if 1 is > > a prime number, pleeeeeaaaassssssssseeee > > I propose that 1 be prime if, and only if, 1 is not prime. > No, definetly not. The partial set of prime numbers increases over the journey through integers. 1 is the logical starting point, and so it is added. This is the very spirit of primality. However this may be the rantings of a madman, it's just i feel like a jockey sometimes as i ride the sequence of prime numbers, jumping each new one and then feeling their occurence decrease. -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net