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Old January 24th 07, 11:01 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default 1, 2, 3, 5, 7... PRIME Numbers

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All primes except 2 and 3 are of the form 6n +/- 1 (that is
6n plus or minus 1).

Scarcely surprising, considering that numbers of the forms 6n and 6n +/-
2 are all even, and those of the form 6n +/- 3 are all divisible by 3.

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