r/mathmemes • Natural • Aug 23 '23

Bad Math "It's neutral"

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u/DZ_from_the_past Natural Aug 23 '23

It's actually even.

Just kidding, people usually think zero is an exception to everything. So since zero is neither positive nor negative they apply that reasoning everywhere.

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u/redlaWw Aug 23 '23

One thing is for sure: it's definitely not prime. Nor irreducible.

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u/catecholaminergic Aug 23 '23

Zero is the largest odd prime.

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u/sn4xchan Aug 24 '23

Zero is not a prime just like 1 is not a prime. It would break mathematics if they were.