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Subject: Re: Goldbach's Conjecture - a question about prime sums of odd Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 10:53:50 -0600 (CST) From: ichudov@Algebra.Com (Igor Chudov @ home)
I have no idea where you heard it, but primes are numbers greater than 1, by definition.
Actualy a prime is any number which has no multiplicitave factors other than itself and 1. Does that mean negatives can't be prime numbers? So, -3 breaks down to: -3 * 1 = -3; 3 * -1 would be another set of factors so negatives can't be primes in the strictest sense. ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------