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We consider a generalization of Euclid's proof of the infinitude of primes and show that it leads to variants of the Euclid-Mullin sequence that provably contain every prime number.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-07 Andrew R. Booker

We extend Mullin's prime-generating procedures to produce sequences of primes lying in given residue classes. In particular we study the sequences generated by cyclotomic polynomials $\Phi_m(cx)$ for suitable $c\in\mathbb{Z}$. Under the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Andrew R. Booker , Omri Simon

{\bf In the fourth extended version of this article, we provide a comprehensive historical survey of 200 different proofs of famous Euclid's theorem on the infinitude of prime numbers (300 {\small B.C.}--2022)}. The author is trying to…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Romeo Meštrović

In the proposed matrix primes, through which one can readily generate a sequence of primes. The paper also proposes a number of theorems proved by which an infinite number of prime numbers twins

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-09-16 S. N. Baibekov , A. A. Durmagambetov

In this note we generalise a method of Perott to give new proofs that there are infinitely many prime numbers.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 L. J. P. Kilford

We prove that there are infinitely often pairs of primes much closer than the average spacing between primes - almost within the square root of the average spacing. We actually prove a more general result concerning the set of values taken…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-10-16 D. A. Goldston , J. Pintz , C. Y. Yildirim

In this short paper we present an elementary proof of the infinitude of primes. Our proof is similar in spirit to Euler's proof that the reciprocals of primes diverges and only uses tools from elementary number theory and calculus. In…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Sandeep Silwal

We show that Fermat's last theorem and a combinatorial theorem of Schur on monochromatic solutions of $a+b=c$ implies that there exist infinitely many primes. In particular, for small exponents such as $n=3$ or $4$ this gives a new proof of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-03 Christian Elsholtz

In 1737 Leonard Euler gave what we often now think of as a new proof, based on infinite series, of Euclid's theorem that there are infinitely many prime numbers. Our short paper uses a simple modification of Euler's argument to obtain new…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Charles W. Neville

This paper is devoted to the theory of prime numbers. In this paper we first introduce the notion of a matrix of prime numbers. Then, in order to investigate the density of prime numbers in separate rows of the matrix under consideration,…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2018-05-02 S. N. Baibekov , A. A. Dossayeva

We proved that there are infinitely many pairs of twin prime.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhanle Du , Shouyu Du

Comments about the paper by Elsholz, Fermat's last theorem implies Euclid's infinitude of primes, (2021), and simplification.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-06-08 Labib Haddad

We present a new topological proof of the infinitude of prime numbers with a new topology. Furthermore, in this topology, we characterize the infinitude of any non-empty subset of prime numbers.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-10-30 Jhixon Macías

We recast Euclid's proof of the infinitude of prime numbers as a Euclidean Criterion for a domain to have infinitely many atoms. We make connections with Furstenberg's "topological" proof of the infinitude of prime numbers and show that our…

Commutative Algebra · Mathematics 2016-05-05 Pete L. Clark

This document seeks to prove there are infinitely many primes whose difference is 2, referred to as twin prime pairs. This proof's methodology involves constructing a function that approximates the number of positive integers, less than a…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2017-11-01 Kevin B. Espinet

In this paper, we develop Furstenberg's proof of infinity of primes, and prove several results about prime divisors of sequences of integers, including the celebrated Schur's theorem. In particular, we give a simple proof of a classical…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-11-07 Xianzu Lin

Starting with Zhang's theorem on the infinitude of prime doubles, we give an inductive argument that there exists an infinite number of prime $k$-tuples for at least one admissible set $\mathcal{H}_k=\{h_1,\ldots,h_k\}$ for each $k$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-26 J. LaChapelle

We prove that there are infinitely many $n$ such that $\omega(n+k) \ll \log k$ for all integers $k \ge 2$. This improves on a result of Tao-Ter\"{a}v\"{a}inen (2025), who has $O(k)$ in place of $O(\log k)$. As corollaries, we make progress…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Cheuk Fung Lau

We proved that there are infinitely many cousin primes.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Shouyu Du , Zhanle Du

In this paper we use Dirichlet's theorem in order to elementally prove two theorems. The first says that since a polynomial ax+b generates one prime, it also generates infinites. The second theorem (which is proved in a very simillar way to…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2014-05-23 Hilário Fernandes
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