The proof of this post is a very well known proof on the infinitude of primes. For the proof I am going to rephrase an argument used by Euclid more than 2000 years ago.
Theorem: there are infinitely many primes.
Twitter proof: if P={p1,⋯,pn} is a finite set of primes, then the number q=p1×⋯×pn+1 is such that q∉P. Either q is prime or q has a prime factor q′ that cannot be in P, otherwise q′ would have to divide 1. Hence, no finite set P can contain all primes.
Theorem: there are infinitely many primes.
Twitter proof: if P={p1,⋯,pn} is a finite set of primes, then the number q=p1×⋯×pn+1 is such that q∉P. Either q is prime or q has a prime factor q′ that cannot be in P, otherwise q′ would have to divide 1. Hence, no finite set P can contain all primes.
- RGS
Twitter proof: infinite primes
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