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Subject: Re: Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math (fwd) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 98 10:48:53 -0800 From: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>

jim, don't be a bonehead. what would it gain you if one defined 1 as prime?!?!? "very bad science/math"?? yeah, coming from you!!

Quite sendin this shit to my private email, send it to the list. It gains a consistency at the axiomatic level that isn't there now. If it won't do anything to the math you shouldn't object to adding it (course you'll have to add 'applies to all primes except 1' to a lot of theorems. ____________________________________________________________________ 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 --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------