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Proof of Infinitely Many Primes

Already 300 BC Euclid was able to proof in his Elements that there are infinitely many primes. We can proof it as follows:

Let’s assume only limited number of primes p1,,pn exist. Then, there is a number m which can be written as the product of these prime numbers.

m=p1p2  pn

If we add the number 1 to this number we have two options:

Either m+1 is a prime number. This would contradict our assumption and therefore our assumption would be wrong and there must be an infinitely number of primes.

Or m+1 is no prime number. Then, there must be some pi which divides m and m+1. That would mean (see here) that pi also divides the difference (m+1)m=1. That would mean that pi must divide 1 which is not possible as pi is prime and therefore greater than 1. Again, our assumption must be wrong and there must be an infinitely number of primes.