Brocard's problem: why my approach excludes 4, 5, 7

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I have attatched my Paradox for the existence of 4,5 and 7 using Brocard's problem . I don't know where i have gone wrong as 4,5,7 exist, surely.
 

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On the second page you get [itex]\alpha\cdot sin(\alpha\pi)\Gamma(\alpha) + 1 = x^{2}[/itex] and that is not correct since [itex]sin(\alpha\pi)[/itex] are canceling each other. The correct result is
[itex]\alpha\Gamma(\alpha) + 1 = x^{2}[/itex]
 
Using Euler's reflection formula its correct.
 
Yup, but you apply it twice and therefore the result should have been without the sin(α*pi)