RE: Proof I Have Proof
September 4, 2018 at 10:25 am
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2018 at 10:35 am by Fireball.)
(September 4, 2018 at 10:15 am)Lucanus Wrote:(September 4, 2018 at 8:07 am)polymath257 Wrote: Proof? How's this?
Given any finite collection of primes, p_1 ,...,p_n, form the number N=1+p_1 p_2...p_n. Then N has a prime factor, but none of p_1, ...,p_n is such (since they all give a remainder of 1 when divided into N). Hence, there is a prime not in the list.
Conclusion: there are an infinite number of prime integers.
Jesus Christ someone report this shit. Actual proofs belong on Area 69!
If you knew how old this proof is, you wouldn't want to see it with no clothes, trust me.
And yet, it contains beauty!I used the same method (induction) to prove to a friend that there are an infinite number of right triangles with integer sides. This after he told one of his friends about the 3-4-5 right triangle and then claiming that it was the only triangle of that sort. Life of the party, I was!
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