Bill Birrell wrote in a message to David Noon:

 > I can assure you that 1 is _not_ a prime.

 BB>     Then explain to me why a number which can be evenly divided
 BB> only by itself and one is not a prime. That is the definition of a
 BB> prime is it not? 

No, the definition listed in my book is:

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

(translated from Dutch, but you'll get the idea...)

greetings,
Tom
tomtorfs{at}village.uunet.be

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