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to: Tom Torfs
from: Bill Birrell
date: 1998-08-22 04:39:00
subject: primes

> No, the definition listed in my book is:

 > "a number greater than 1 that can only be evenly
 > divided by 1 and itself"

    Thanks, Tom. It really ticks me off when I can't find my dictionary ...
like now. ... Found it ... mine says "other than one". That
leaves open a whole new field of negative prime numbers. A Fibonacci field
day! Now everybody can really tear their hair out. :-)

All the best,
Bill.

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