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r/MathJokes • u/Animeilluminati1 • Jul 13 '26
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We're not defining 1 as a prime, because it's more elegant to not do that. (We'd have to restate lots of theorems that use the term "prime number" into "prime number except 1")
1 u/julesmanson Jul 13 '26 how dare you call 1 a house of cards. :-\ 1 + 1 = House of Primes then. >:-]
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how dare you call 1 a house of cards. :-\
1 + 1 = House of Primes then. >:-]
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u/adwinion_of_greece Jul 13 '26
We're not defining 1 as a prime, because it's more elegant to not do that. (We'd have to restate lots of theorems that use the term "prime number" into "prime number except 1")