• CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 may be the only even prime - that is it’s the only prime divisible by 2 - but 3 is the only prime divisible by 3 and 5 is the only prime divisible by 5, so I fail to see how this is unique.

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      Exactly, “even” litterally means divisible by 2. We could easily come up with a term for divisible by 3 or 5. Maybe there even is one. So yeah 2 is nothing special.

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    The meme works better if it’s 1 instead of 2. 1 is mostly not considered a prime number because a bunch of theorems like the fundamental theorem of arithmetic would have to be reworked to say “prime numbers greater than 1.” However, just because 1 is not a prime number doesn’t mean it’s a composite number, so 1 is a number that is neither prime nor composite.

    • MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca
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      🚨 NERD ALERT🚨

      Go define a vector space, nerd.

      Go compute the p value of you being cool

      Go integrate f(x)= 1/x on the domain (-1,1)

      This is meme-ville population: me

      Take a hike.

      • EatBorekYouWreck@lemmy.world
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        • let V be you mom’s vagina, a vector space over the field of pubes. We define my d as a vector such that d is in V. Thus my dick is in your mom’s vagina.

        • In this vector space p values are not defined, but I can assure you that my pp is > 9000.

        • The integral of f(x)=1/x from -1 to 1 does not converge, just like how your father is never coming back from buying milk. The principal value of that integral tho is 0, just like the amount of hugs you got as a kid.

        • math is cool, you just too stupid to get it.

    • Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social
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      Pretty sure that when we plug in a correction factor for the relative age of the Fediverse userbase, “today’s lucky 10,000” becomes more like “today’s lucky 10 million”

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      1 year ago

      And how is “even” special? Two is the only prime that’s divisible by two but three is also the only prime divisible by three.

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        Well 2 is the outlier because it’s the only even prime. It might not be “special” but it is unique out of all of the prime numbers.

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          “even” just means divisible by two. So it’s not unique at all. Two is the only prime that’s even divisible by two and three is the only prime that’s divisible by three. You just think two is a special prime because there is a word for “divisible by two” but the prime two isn’t any more special or unique in any meaningful way than any other prime.

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            It’s unique because all the others are odd numbers. This is crazy that you’re trying to argue this.

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              Of couse all the others are odd because otherwise they wouldn’t be prime. All primes after three are also not divisible by three… “magic”. The only difference is that there are is no word like “even” or “odd” for “divisible by three” or “not divisible by three”.

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                only difference is that there are is no word like “even” or “odd” for “divisible by three” or “not divisible by three”.

                Yep, hence why 2 is unique - there is a word to describe numbers that are divisible by 2, and 2 is the only one of those that is a prime number.

                It seems that you don’t know what the word “unique” means.