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

Flexington · May 24, 2011

Is there any method to show that their are infinitley many prime numbers?

Hurkyl · May 24, 2011

Flexington said:

Is there any method to show that their are infinitley many prime numbers?

Many. Euclid's argument is a classic one...

Borek · May 24, 2011

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=prove+infinity+primes

Flexington · May 24, 2011

many thanks.:-)

disregardthat · May 24, 2011

Borek said:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=prove+infinfity+primes

Did you mean: prove infinity primes

micromass · May 24, 2011

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!

Borek · May 25, 2011

disregardthat said:

Did you mean: prove infinity primes

Typo, corrected, thanks.

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