THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS

THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
A short elementary proof of the infinitude of prime numbers
Romeo Meštrović

Abstract

We present a new short proof of the infinitude of prime numbers. This is a proof by contradiction, and it is based on the prime factorization of a positive integer.

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Keywords: Primes; prime factorization.

Pages:  36$-$37     

Volume  XXV ,  Issue  1 ,  2022