23rd April 2017, 8:30 AM
Quote:It is kind of amusing that "W" is usually written as "Double V" not "Double U", yeah... but V is a letter that had been in the alphabet since Roman times, while U and W both were added much later. Apparently it was only in the 1300s when U and V were separated into two letters instead of V being used for both. J was separated out of I even later. W comes from Germanic roots instead of the Latin roots of V/U and yes, was original.ly written as VV or uu, but for some reason whoever named it in English was thinking of U when they did so; the two-Us spelling was used sometimes, not only two-Vs, so it makes some sense. Some other languages do call it "double v" though, such as Spanish and others ("doble ve").
As for the topic subject, I think I've heard that 1 is not considered prime. It is a little weird, though, since it meets most all the requirements of being prime... looking it up on Wikipedia though, 1 is now called a "unit" number. Alright.
Interesting stuff.
Quote:1 is a dwarf prime, because it was unable to clear it's orbit.
lol
That's all for now.