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A man says he has come up with an algorithm for generating prime
numbers -- all odd numbers are prime. Three ``experts'' are called
in to verify this. All verify for different reasons:
- mathematician
- 1, 3, 5, and 7 are prime, the rest by induction.
- physicist
- 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 - experimental error, 11.
- engineer
- All odd numbers are prime.
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6/8/1998