A clarification about 1 as proper divisor.

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Should "1" be considered as a proper divisor?Clearly,internet says yes but our textbook still follow that one is not a proper divisor.

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It really depends on the author's view, some authors say $0$ does not belong to the set of natural numbers, but some authors do.