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In mathematics, Bertrand's postulate (now a theorem) states that, for each , there is a prime such that < <.First conjectured in 1845 by Joseph Bertrand, [1] it was first proven by Chebyshev, and a shorter but also advanced proof was given by Ramanujan.
In number theory, Bertrand's postulate is the theorem that for any integer >, there exists at least one prime number with n < p < 2 n − 2. {\displaystyle n<p<2n-2.} A less restrictive formulation is: for every n > 1 {\displaystyle n>1} , there is always at least one prime p {\displaystyle p} such that
Copeland and Erdős's proof that their constant is normal relies only on the fact that is strictly increasing and = + (), where is the n th prime number. More generally, if is any strictly increasing sequence of natural numbers such that = + and is any natural number greater than or equal to 2, then the constant obtained by concatenating "0."
Proof of Bertrand's postulate; Fermat's theorem on sums of two squares; Two proofs of the Law of quadratic reciprocity; Proof of Wedderburn's little theorem asserting that every finite division ring is a field; Four proofs of the Basel problem; Proof that e is irrational (also showing the irrationality of certain related numbers) Hilbert's ...
Daniel Larsen (born 2003) is an American mathematician known for proving [1] a 1994 conjecture of W. R. Alford, Andrew Granville and Carl Pomerance on the distribution of Carmichael numbers, commonly known as Bertrand's postulate for Carmichael numbers. [2]
The Erdős–Woods numbers can be characterized in terms of certain partitions of the prime numbers.A number k is an Erdős–Woods number if and only if the prime numbers less than k can be partitioned into two subsets X and Y with the following property: for every pair of positive integers x and y with x + y = k, either x is divisible by a prime in X, or y is divisible by a prime in Y.
The Cameron–Erdős conjecture on sum-free sets of integers, proved by Ben Green and Alexander Sapozhenko in 2003–2004. [14] The Erdős–Menger conjecture on disjoint paths in infinite graphs, proved by Ron Aharoni and Eli Berger in 2009. [15] The Erdős distinct distances problem.
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