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theory prime_def = Main:;
consts prime :: "nat \\<Rightarrow> bool"
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(*<*)term(*>*)
"prime(p) \\<equiv> 1 < p \\<and> ((m dvd p) \\<longrightarrow> (m=1 \\<or> m=p))";
text{*\noindent\small
where \isa{dvd} means ``divides''.
Isabelle rejects this ``definition'' because of the extra \isa{m} on the
right-hand side, which would introduce an inconsistency. (Why?) What you
should have written is
*}
(*<*)term(*>*)
"prime(p) \\<equiv> 1 < p \\<and> (\\<forall>m. (m dvd p) \\<longrightarrow> (m=1 \\<or> m=p))"
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end
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