Squares in Arithmetic Progressions and Infinitely Many Primes

DOI10.4169/AMER.MATH.MONTHLY.124.10.951zbMATH Open1391.11115arXiv1708.06951OpenAlexW2964199598WikidataQ58165680 ScholiaQ58165680MaRDI QIDQ4575441FDOQ4575441

Authors: Andrew Granville 

Publication date: 13 July 2018

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

Abstract: We give a new proof that there are infinitely many primes, relying on van der Waerden's theorem for coloring the integers, and Fermat's theorem that there cannot be four squares in an arithmetic progression. We go on to discuss where else these ideas have come together in the past.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.06951

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arithmetic progressions (11B25) Distribution of primes (11N05) Primes (11A41)

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