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Primary problem III (Posted on 2015-07-03) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Prove that there are infinitely many primes of the form 3n + 1.

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Suppose p1, p2, ..., px are all of the primes of the form 3n+1. Let q=p1*p2*...*px. The number 4q^2+3 cannot be divisible by any of p1, p2, ..., px. However, it can only have factors of the form 3n+1. Therefore, there are infinitely many primes of the form 3n+1.


  Posted by Math Man on 2015-07-03 19:30:19
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