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Xurinos on Nov 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: There’s more to mathematics than rigour and proof...

I didn't get it either, but my guess: The engineering student took a literal view. You told him to evaluate the statement; you gave him a rule. If you say all odd numbers greater than 1 are prime, then so be it.

dbaupp on Nov 11, 2012 [–]

I think it might just be implying that engineering students aren't very good at mathematics.

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