A use for integer quotients

[Tim Daneliuk]

Gareth McCaughan wrote:
<SNIP>
> 
> By the way, any definition of "mathematician" that excludes
> pure mathematicians is spectacularly broken.

In that vein:


A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer were each asked to
comment on the assertion "All odd numbers are prime."

The mathematician at once gave a counterexample, 9.

The physicist said "1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime.
Now at nine we see second order effects!"

The engineer said "1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is
prime..."

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Tim Daneliuk
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