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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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re: your problem is technically wrong | Comment 11 of 13 |
(In reply to your problem is technically wrong by Bon)

I could be wrong, or misunderstanding something... but the problem doesn't state that there is an "infinitely large prime."  It just says that there's an "infinitely large NUMBER of primes."

Just like there's an infinite number of rational numbers between 1 and 2, but none of those numbers is infinitely large... they are all finite.

Does that make more sense?  Have fun!


  Posted by nikki on 2004-10-19 12:27:58
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