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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
pbraun wrote:
consider all prime numbers to be odd
Why would you do that, since two is prime and by definition, even. clearly, oddness and primeness are different properties.
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
No I wouldn't consider 2 an odd since it a prime number... You ought to direct this question to the Math Forum...[^]
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
There is no requirement for a prime number to be odd. The only requirement is that the number is a natural number and is divisible by one and itself.
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No I wouldn't consider 2 an odd since it a prime number... You ought to direct this question to the Math Forum...[^]
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Paul Conrad wrote:
the Math Forum...
:omg: Didn't know about such forum. Every day you learn something new. :)
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Paul Conrad wrote:
the Math Forum...
:omg: Didn't know about such forum. Every day you learn something new. :)
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The Math/Algorithm Forum has been around for a while now. I think about a year and a half or so...
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
pbraun wrote:
If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
I don't believe that the definition of a prime number requires it to be odd. The definition of a prime number is that it only has two factors, 1 and itself. Two is the only even number that fits that definition since all other even numbers have two as a factor. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not a mathmatician. -------------------------------- Of course reading a litte further into the replies now that point has been made several times over, hasn't it ;P
J
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pbraun wrote:
If you consider
I don't consider... :~
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I believe I understood it as well*. See, the thing is that if you consider it, you are creating an unstable logical system, which will lead you to contradictions. And therefore you'll be able to deduce whaterver you want, say, that the moon is made of cheese. Therefore considering such scenario is simply not worthy, from the logical point of view. Unless your comment was intended as a joke, in which case you should have selected the joke/game icon. * Of course, since it's almost midnight here and I already drank like eight beers and my thoughts are becoming senseless, there are high chances that I didn't understand you in the first place. In such case, would you care to explain?
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I believe I understood it as well*. See, the thing is that if you consider it, you are creating an unstable logical system, which will lead you to contradictions. And therefore you'll be able to deduce whaterver you want, say, that the moon is made of cheese. Therefore considering such scenario is simply not worthy, from the logical point of view. Unless your comment was intended as a joke, in which case you should have selected the joke/game icon. * Of course, since it's almost midnight here and I already drank like eight beers and my thoughts are becoming senseless, there are high chances that I didn't understand you in the first place. In such case, would you care to explain?
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
Yes, 2 is odd because it is the only even prime.
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
A touch eccentric perhaps but odd? No.
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pbraun wrote:
If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
I don't believe that the definition of a prime number requires it to be odd. The definition of a prime number is that it only has two factors, 1 and itself. Two is the only even number that fits that definition since all other even numbers have two as a factor. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not a mathmatician. -------------------------------- Of course reading a litte further into the replies now that point has been made several times over, hasn't it ;P
J
Make the logo biggerno it doesn't, so yes, 2 is a prime
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No. Not every prime number is odd.
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Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
No. Not every prime number is odd.
All except 2.
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Yes, 2 is odd because it is the only even prime.
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
I consider all people who consider all prime numbers to be odd in need of better education. ;P
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
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Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
No. Not every prime number is odd.
All except 2.
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Exactly. Thus, not every prime number is odd. Did I miss something here?
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If you consider all prime numbers to be odd, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd?
Phil
As written, yes, but if you change it to: " If you consider only odd numbers may be prime, would you then consider the number 2 to be odd? " Then, no, I would consider 2 to be non-prime. Look at it this way... I know 2 is the only even prime, so when I write a Sieve of Eratosthenes program I don't consider any even numbers, and therefore 2 does not appear in my sieve!