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Thread #143073 Message #3301292
Posted By: JohnInKansas
02-Feb-12 - 11:53 PM
Thread Name: 5
Subject: RE: 5
But since one is itself one, one can be divided by itself, and comes out even as one, with no remainder, and one can also be divided by one and comes out, like all the others, with itself as the answer and with no remainder, so it fits perfectly within the definition.
It just depends on whether you apply a completeness test to the definition, or if you're prejudiced and decide to exclude "some kinds" of numbers. Some have also tried to say that 0! isn't a real number, but that's just another similar case in point.
John