The Euclidean criterion for irreducibles

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.124.3.198zbMATH Open1391.13035arXiv1605.01298OpenAlexW2963178923WikidataQ58119945 ScholiaQ58119945MaRDI QIDQ4575236FDOQ4575236

Authors: Pete L. Clark 

Publication date: 13 July 2018

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We recast Euclid's proof of the infinitude of prime numbers as a Euclidean Criterion for a domain to have infinitely many atoms. We make connections with Furstenberg's "topological" proof of the infinitude of prime numbers and show that our criterion applies even in certain domains in which not all nonzero nonunits factor into products of irreducibles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.01298

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Commutative rings defined by factorization properties (e.g., atomic, factorial, half-factorial) (13F15)

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