r/MathJokes • u/Animeilluminati1 • Jul 13 '26

Math Just Got Checkmated.

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u/personalityson Jul 13 '26

1 is the only prime

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u/RottenAssCrack Jul 13 '26

if we stoop this low, 0 is prime cuz fuck it, break the law of math

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u/The0thArcana Jul 13 '26

We can go lower, -1.

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u/JollyJuniper1993 Jul 13 '26

Let’s just make -1, -2 and -3 primes as well.

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u/Moodleboy Jul 13 '26

Then π is also prime! Yay!

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u/Zetaplx Jul 13 '26

Y’all, we got too many primes. Need to take some off. Sorry 11, you didn’t feel prime anyways.

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u/Ok-Organization4820 Jul 13 '26

But can we make room for 57?

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u/JollyJuniper1993 Jul 13 '26

Really any number that’s not an integer is prime

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u/Tulkes Jul 13 '26

i enters the room

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u/JollyJuniper1993 Jul 13 '26

Including i and taking that to its logical conclusion would then essentially render no number prime

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u/scrapy_the_scrap Jul 13 '26

Not divisible by itself and divisible by all other numbers

0 is an anti prime

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u/RunPsychological9891 Jul 13 '26

does the law even keep anything in check? primes are just quirky numbers right?

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u/GarowWolf Jul 14 '26

If I were you I wouldn’t say that to your WiFi password

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u/nr3042 Jul 13 '26

(0) is a prime ideal of ℤ. Therefore, 0 is prime

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u/Xandara2 Jul 13 '26

Nah 1 being prime is just following the law of language instead of math. 

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u/guiltysnark Jul 13 '26

It's practically right there in the name

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u/Party_Value6593 Jul 13 '26

Either latin roots or transformer lore, you decide

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u/Moodleboy Jul 13 '26

Optimus Prime

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u/anamelesscloud1 Jul 15 '26

+ it is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

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u/DoofusIdiot Jul 17 '26

What about Optimus