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numbers are squares?  Date: 01/09/97 at 21:22:58 From: Anonymous
Subject: Prime  Dear Dr. Math,  How many prime numbers are
squares?   Date: 01/10/97 at 13:19:08 From: Doctor Wilkinson
Subject: Re: Prime  None.  A prime number is a whole number
other than 1 that is not a  product of smaller numbers.  A
square, on the other hand, is always  the product of a smaller
number by itself, except for 1, which we  don't count as a
prime.   For example:   4 = 2 * 2  9 = 3 * 3  -Doctor Wilkinson,
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