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But although some numbers are more special than others, the property of being special is not transitive, therefore there are no "least special" numbers. ;) Regarding "Re: [xml-dev] ANN: the first million prime numbers in XML format", on Friday, July 06, 2012 16:58:47, Michael Kay wrote to xml-dev@lists.xml.org > >>> Er, pardon me for asking, but what's so special about prime numbers? > > All numbers are equally special. > > Proof: suppose that some numbers are more special than others. Then > there must be a set of numbers that are the least special of all; and > one of these must be the lowest such number. This number would be rather > special. Contradiction. > > Michael Kay > Saxonica |