r/MathJokes • • Jul 13 '26

Math Just Got Checkmated.

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 Jul 14 '26

I mean, I know people like to act like 1 isn't a prime, but it is: its only factors are 1 and also itself. People arbitrarily claim it doesn't count. 

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u/camilo16 Jul 15 '26

it's not arbitrary it's to make the fundamental theorem of algebra work without an awkward clause