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Since no prime number divides 1, p cannot be in the list. This means that at least one more prime number exists that is not in the list. This proves that for every finite list of prime numbers there is a prime number not in the list. [4] In the original work, Euclid denoted the arbitrary finite set of prime numbers as A, B, Γ. [5]
In mathematics, particularly in number theory, Hillel Furstenberg's proof of the infinitude of primes is a topological proof that the integers contain infinitely many prime numbers. When examined closely, the proof is less a statement about topology than a statement about certain properties of arithmetic sequences.
It leads to another proof that there are infinitely many primes: if there were only finitely many, then the sum-product equality would also be valid at = , but the sum would diverge (it is the harmonic series + + + … ) while the product would be finite, a contradiction.
Both the Furstenberg and Golomb topologies furnish a proof that there are infinitely many prime numbers. [1] [2] A sketch of the proof runs as follows: Fix a prime p and note that the (positive, in the Golomb space case) integers are a union of finitely many residue classes modulo p. Each residue class is an arithmetic progression, and thus clopen.
In mathematics, Euclid numbers are integers of the form E n = p n # + 1, where p n # is the nth primorial, i.e. the product of the first n prime numbers. They are named after the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, in connection with Euclid's theorem that there are infinitely many prime numbers.
In the first half of the twentieth century, some mathematicians (notably G. H. Hardy) believed that there exists a hierarchy of proof methods in mathematics depending on what sorts of numbers (integers, reals, complex) a proof requires, and that the prime number theorem (PNT) is a "deep" theorem by virtue of requiring complex analysis. [9]
It was proven that there is an infinity of E-irregular primes. A stronger result was obtained: there is an infinity of E-irregular primes congruent to 1 modulo 8. As in the case of Kummer's B-regular primes, there is as yet no proof that there are infinitely many E-regular primes, though this seems likely to be true.
(The list of known primes of this form is A002496.) The existence of infinitely many such primes would follow as a consequence of other number-theoretic conjectures such as the Bunyakovsky conjecture and Bateman–Horn conjecture. As of 2024, this problem is open. One example of near-square primes are Fermat primes.