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Re: Goldbach's Conjecture - a question about prime sums of odd numbers (fwd)




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> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:18:26 -0500
> From: Ray Arachelian <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Goldbach's Conjecture - a question about prime sums of odd numbers

> So I guess I have to take back 7+5+(-1) and go with Jim's 1+3+7, but fuck,
> that won't work either since 1 isn't a prime...  So I guess Igor is right on
> this one.  Sorry Jim... 

A prime is defined as *ANY* number (note the definition doesn't mention
sign or magnitude nor does it exclude any numbers a priori) that has no
multiplicative factors other than itself and 1.

1 * 1 = 1 so it is clearly prime.

Now, if a particular branch of number theory wants to extend it and make it
only numbers >=2 that is fine, I'm not working in that branch anyway.



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