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2025-12-18

Question: For the Dec 15 puzzle, does a trivial solution in which the only odd factor is 1 count? Nothing in the text prohibits this currently, but want to make sure this was not just overlooked.

Dan Whitman
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2025-12-18

@Dan Whitman: yes, they count

Matthew
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