Proving the Infinity of Prime Numbers: Is There a Method?

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Is there any method to show that their are infinitley many prime numbers?
 
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Flexington said:
Is there any method to show that their are infinitley many prime numbers?
Many. Euclid's argument is a classic one...
 
many thanks.:-)
 
I HIGHLY recommend getting the book "proofs from the BOOK" by Aigner and Ziegler. It provides many proofs for the infinite size of prime numbers. Moreover, these proofs are often extremely beautiful!
 
disregardthat said:
Did you mean: prove infinity primes

Typo, corrected, thanks.
 

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