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- From: larry_kearney@appsig.com (Larry Kearney)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Finding a prime number
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 12:54:10 -0700
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- > It is true that an even number cannot be prime, unless it is 2. All primes
- > other than 2 are odd otherwise they would have two as a factor, but obviously
- > not every odd number is prime. In fact, most odd numbers are not prime.
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- Actually, this last statement is not true. It can be shown that the number
- of prime numbers is uncountable and, therefore, the number of primes is
- infinite. The same can be said about odd numbers. When dealing with the
- infinite, comparitive terms like more or most are meaningless.
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