Here's an easy maths riddle I've come up with:
I am prime to all aspects of mathematics, yet I am not prime myself.
I have never lost a competition, nor drawn.
My four-sided origins are not real, yet I occur naturally.
What am I?
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I think the answer is
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I am prime to all aspects of mathematics, yet I am not prime myself.
1 is not prime, yet it is fundamental in maths
I have never lost a competition, nor drawn.
Of course it hasn't, it has only 'won'
My four-sided origins are not real, yet I occur naturally.
I'm assuming this is a reference to the imaginary number $i$, which is $\sqrt-1$
And then of course
This is the Simple Maths Riddle number 1!
answered Mar 27, 2018 at 18:33
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1$\begingroup$ that is what i was thinking it was, but wasnt sure how the last part fit in $\endgroup$ Mar 27, 2018 at 18:37
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$\begingroup$ @TheSimpliFire I'm the same as Dragonrage here, I've got the basics of the last line but don't fully understand it. Could you explain what the 4 sided origins are? $\endgroup$ Mar 27, 2018 at 18:44
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$\begingroup$ Regarding four sides: I guess that could be i^1 = i, i^2 = -1, i^3 = -i, i^4 = 1; on the complex plane they belong to the sides of the square with the center at 0,0. $\endgroup$– nicaelMar 27, 2018 at 18:50