* Philip Newton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Greg McCarroll wrote:
> >
> > * Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > > This summary has been bought to you by the letters Alpha, Beta and
> > > Gamma, the numbers 1,3,5,7 all superimposed and the colour Octarine.
> >
> > and 2, please 2, it'll keep me happy, then we can discuss if 1 is
> > a prime number, pleeeeeaaaassssssssseeee
>
> I propose that 1 be prime if, and only if, 1 is not prime.
>
No, definetly not. The partial set of prime numbers increases over
the journey through integers. 1 is the logical starting point,
and so it is added. This is the very spirit of primality. However
this may be the rantings of a madman, it's just i feel like a jockey
sometimes as i ride the sequence of prime numbers, jumping each
new one and then feeling their occurence decrease.
--
Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
