Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * 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.
Go to (void). Go directly to (void). Do not pass Go. Do not collect
£200.
--
Piers
