a prime # is a natural number GREATER than 1 that can be divided ONLY by 1 and itself ... a prime number has NO factors other than 1 and itself
i think 2 qualifies ... and is not 2 ... even? send check to bob ASAP At 10:40 PM 10/15/01 +0200, you wrote: > >Mr. Dawson wrote: > > > Well, they do say what goes around comes around; I'd love to see > what > >mark the dishonest DL student gets having had his homework done for him > >by somebody who: > > > > (a) believes all primes to be odd; > > ... >### Let's assume that any prime is NOT odd >### It means that is is even (no other way among integers!) >### So that prime has 3 dividers: "1",this prime and "2" >### which contradicts with prime definition: >### ("prime is integer that has only two dividers: 1 and this prime >itself") >### Dear Mr. Dawson, please send me at least ONE even prime >### and i shall give you $1,000,000. > > > > > -Robert Dawson > > > > > > >================================================================= >Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about >the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ >================================================================= ============================================================== dennis roberts, penn state university educational psychology, 8148632401 http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================