Definition:Prime Number/Mistake

Source Work

1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics:

prime, adj. 1 a.

Mistake

prime, adj. 1 a. (of an integer) having no factors except itself and unity.

Correction

By general consensus, contemporary mathematics does not include $1$ itself as a prime number.

Sources

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