On Mullin's second sequence of primes
Number Theory
2013-08-15 v2
Abstract
We consider the second of Mullin's sequences of prime numbers related to Euclid's proof that there are infinitely many primes. We show in particular that it omits infinitely many primes, confirming a conjecture of Cox and van der Poorten.
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@article{arxiv.1107.3318,
title = {On Mullin's second sequence of primes},
author = {Andrew R. Booker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3318},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
8 pages; Integers 12A (2012), article A4