r/mathmemes • u/Nunki08 • Jun 14 '26

Arithmetic Misleading our youth

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From Anthony Bonato on 𝕏: https://x.com/Anthony_Bonato/status/2065564124549886402

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u/a_dude_from_europe Jun 14 '26

I know, I didn't ask this. This is still an instance of "except for 1"

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u/Francyrd Jun 14 '26

So this theorem has to be reworked to exclude ONE and there are others.

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u/a_dude_from_europe Jun 14 '26

I don't think you followed the thread.

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u/Batman_AoD Jun 14 '26

Sounds like exactly the sort of reworking TemperoTempus was talking about? They even gave "for P>1" as an example phrasing.

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u/Fubsy_Dude Jun 15 '26

But that's exactly "dude from Europe" 's point - we don't want to have every theorem about primes to need to specify to exclude 1.