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Primary Problem (Posted on 2002-08-21) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Prove that there exists an infinitely large number of primes.

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your problem is technically wrong | Comment 10 of 13 |

There is an arbitrary large prime, but not infinitely large.  Infinitely large is limit as n--> infinity.  Arbitrary large means the number if bigger than any given N.  There is a slight difference between the two.  Infinitely large is infinite while arbitrary large is finite.


  Posted by Bon on 2004-10-19 04:25:53
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