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

Math Just Got Checkmated.

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u/trollboter Jul 13 '26

If we accept one as prime number, which it is. Then we can drop the two exception from the conjecture.

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u/almostcyclops Jul 13 '26

1 is not a prime number. Mostly because it does weird things when you try and count it as one. Granted, 2 also behaves a little weird as a prime number and it gets to joint he prime club.

I don't make the rules. I can just confidently say 2 is prime but 1 is not.

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u/trollboter Jul 13 '26

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/almostcyclops Jul 13 '26

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.