Prime Numbers
I contend that the
conventional definition of prime numbers, as taught in the UK's educational
establishments [I've worked as
a maths teacher in comprehensive schools], is flawed, and I replace it
as follows ...
1 the only true prime number is 1 because it is the only positive whole number that is exactly divisible by itself alone
2 those positive whole numbers [such as 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 & 13] that are exactly divisible only by themselves and 1 can be classified as secondary primes
3 to avoid having to use the term secondary prime for each member of what is an infinite family of numbers we can call 1 the supreme prime and all the former numbers prime. In other words, we can say that 1 sits at the head of the infinite family of prime numbers
A list of
the
first 700 prime numbers [headed by 1] is included on the website [as a PDF
file].
Home page -
The lecture -
Methodology - The
fan -
The Milk Hill data sheets
The author -
His book - List
of primes - WGS 84 - Times
article