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The fundamental theorem of arithmetic is defined over "every integer greater than 1", not "every whole number" as the post says. (and that makes sense intuiti
by theamk 4y ago
The fundamental theorem of arithmetic is defined over "every integer greater than 1", not "every whole number" as the post says.
(and that makes sense intuitively -- what about negative numbers?)
The idea is cute, but the the wrong theorem definition in the premise really spoils it -- can't recommend this page to anyone.
Edit: that blog is has wrong math sometimes? Like this page https://alok.github.io/2022/09/22/h455524/ https://alok.github.io/2022/09/22/h455524/ which talks about finite fields and claims "Many results are not true if the underlying field has exactly 2 elements."... but GF(2) exists and is a full-featured field with all theorems being true.
- yuppiemephisto 4y agoNegative numbers would be defined up to a unit, which are 1 and -1 in the integers.