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Subject: Re: From Sun_Man
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 16:29:46 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 14 16:29:46 1985
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Summary: All odd numbers are prime

In article <491@aero.ARPA>, kelem@aero.ARPA (Steve Kelem) writes:
> In article <1100@princeton.UUCP> jsl@princeton.UUCP (Jong Lee) writes:
> >Question:  prove all odd numbers are prime.
> >
> >Mathematician:  1 is prime ,  3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, ....
> >		11 is prime, so is 13 and therefore, by induction, all
> >		odd numbers are prime.  QeD.
> >
> >Physicist:	1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 ....
> >		11 is prime, 13 is prime, .... all odd numbers are 
> >		prime, 9 is just experimental error.
> >
> >Engineer:	1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is
> >		is a good approximation, 11 is prime, 13 is prime, ....
> >		therefore, all odd numbers are prime.
> 
> Statistician:	Take a random sample, 13 is odd and prime, 101 is odd and prime,
> 		47 is odd and prime, ... therefore, all odd numbers are prime.

Computer Scientist: 3 is a prime, 3 is a prime, 3 is a prime, ..