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[Tilter_of_Windmills]

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if var in 1,2,3,5,7,11 ; Avoid spaces in list.
MsgBox %var% is a small prime number.

1 is not a prime number. :wink:

[polyethene]

Nice find, it has been amended.

[dmg]

1 is not a prime number. :wink:

Actually this has been a matter of debate in the math community for centuries:
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[Tilter_of_Windmills]

1 is not a prime number. :wink:

Actually this has been a matter of debate in the math community for centuries:
<!-- m -->http://mathworld.wol...rimeNumber.html<!-- m -->
<!-- m -->http://en.wikipedia.... ... ity_of_one<!-- m -->

Do you have an opinion?

[dmg]

1 is not a prime number. :wink:

Actually this has been a matter of debate in the math community for centuries:
<!-- m -->http://mathworld.wol...rimeNumber.html<!-- m -->
<!-- m -->http://en.wikipedia.... ... ity_of_one<!-- m -->

Do you have an opinion?

I regret to say that my math skills are roughly equivalent to my 'flap my arms and fly' skills. I would say you are correct, and that 1 should not be referenced as a prime. "Ours is not to ponder primes, ours is but to long divide".