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Re: What is Mathematics?

by Bill Snyder <bsnyder@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 21, 2008 at 04:27 PM

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:20:13 GMT, Gene Ward Smith
<gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (David DeLaney) wrote in 
>news:slrng0q0g2.8su.dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> ps: it's a trick question, because 2 is closer to 3 than it is to 1
>
>Well, of course-they are both prime numbers.

Surely it's because 1 is the loneliest number.

-- 
Bill Snyder  [This space unintentionally left blank]




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Re: What is Mathematics?
 Immortalist <reanimate  2008-04-15 22:00:43 
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 Han de Bruijn <Han.deB  2008-04-16 16:18:34 
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 Han de Bruijn <Han.deB  2008-04-17 09:48:39 
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 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-17 01:37:47 
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 Virgil <Virgil@[EMAIL   2008-04-17 15:13:52 
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 Han de Bruijn <Han.deB  2008-04-21 10:14:41 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 "Don H" <don  2008-04-21 20:03:40 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 mimus <tinmimus99@[EMA  2008-04-21 16:12:35 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-04-21 20:22:08 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-21 13:40:51 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Gene Ward Smith <gene@  2008-04-21 21:20:13 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Bill Snyder <bsnyder@[  2008-04-21 16:27:35 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-21 14:56:17 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 "Mike Schilling"  2008-04-22 14:11:59 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 "needles" <b  2008-04-22 15:34:32 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 nance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-21 22:32:01 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 "Mike Schilling"  2008-04-22 14:11:17 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Virgil <Virgil@[EMAIL   2008-04-21 14:28:59 
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 throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-04-22 17:37:01 
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 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-22 12:23:47 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Phil Carmody <thefatph  2008-04-23 10:36:02 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-04-23 01:36:30 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 nance@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-04-23 12:10:57 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Dave Hansen <iddw@[EMA  2008-04-23 14:47:42 
Re: What is Mathematics?
 Quadibloc <jsavard@[EM  2008-04-23 17:58:44 

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