I didn’t need proof myself, but I suppose it’s comforting nevertheless to have it mathematically confirmed.

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    You really never know what mathematics discoveries can do. Number theory was an useless brach of mathematics, considered an useless endeavor of theoretical mathematics and basically a hobby. Until modern computation and the RSA algorithm gave number theory an use, and without it, the internet as we know it, couldn’t exist.

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      a or an is based on the next words consonant or vowel sound. It’s a useless and a use. Because the word use has a y sound not a u sound. An example of a u word that uses an would be an umpire.

      Sorry on mobile so adding quotes is a pain.