Euclid's proof of the infinitude of primes: distorted, clarified, made obsolete, and confirmed in modern mathematics (Q2341296)
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Euclid's proof of the infinitude of primes: distorted, clarified, made obsolete, and confirmed in modern mathematics (English)
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23 April 2015
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In this article, the author looks at Euclid's proof of the infinitude of primes from a historian's point of view. He gives a ``systematic presentation and logical analysis of Euclid's proof'' and shows that it is ``direct'' and ``weakly constructive''.
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Euclid
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infinitude of primes
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