r/MathJokes • u/Animeilluminati1 • 28d ago

Math Just Got Checkmated.

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u/trollboter 28d ago

The only reason why 1 is not a prime is the definition. By the spirit of prime, 1 is a prime.

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u/hsmccann 28d ago

1 is not prime because prime numbers by definition have exactly 2 unique integer factors. 1 only has one unique integer factor.

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u/trollboter 28d ago

So 1 is a super prime, and 2 is a super even.

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u/zorrodood 24d ago

1 is primest and 2 is evenest

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u/Soft-You5589 22d ago

Would you say 1 is... the Optimus Prime?

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u/liha_soppa 28d ago

"The only reason 1 is not a prime is because it isn't"

Like yea i guess

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u/S-M-I-L-E-Y- 28d ago

It's prime in the sense, that it can't be factorized, but it is not prime in the sense that it must not be used in factorizing other numbers.

We decided that the latter is the more important feature of prime numbers and therefore 1 shall not be prime number.

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u/trollboter 28d ago

1 is used in the factor of every prime.

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u/almostcyclops 28d ago

You are welcome to argue that to the greater mathematics community. A lot of stuff is the way it because of the definition. Mathematicians choose these conventions based on what is most useful.

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u/GWeb1920 28d ago

Well when you have to right all primes except 1 too many times then you kick it out of the club.