Goldbach, Hurwitz, and the infinitude of primes: weaving a proof across the centuries

DOI10.1007/S00283-013-9402-8MaRDI QIDQ2249492zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert Haas

Publication date 2 July 2014

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-013-9402-8

zbMATH Keywords

HurwitzFermat numbersGoldbachinfinitude of primesPólya

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of number theory (11-03) Primes (11A41)

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