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Re:Why isn’t the fundamental theorem of arithmetic obvious? ... by curiousgal on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @06:52AM (#11952759)
Where did you read that?
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Re:Why isn’t the fundamental theorem of arithmetic obvious? ... by TopologyDough on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @06:59AM (#11952787)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://... note that prime factorization is unique up to order. We aren't talking about order when we use the term uniqueness.
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Re:Why isn’t the fundamental theorem of arithmetic obvious? ... by ColinWright on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @07:17AM (#11952889)
... which is exactly what Gowers is saying in the second sentence.
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