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November 2017 Sieving for the Primes to Prove Their Infinitude
Hunde Eba
Missouri J. Math. Sci. 29(2): 176-183 (November 2017). DOI: 10.35834/mjms/1513306829

Abstract

We prove the infinitude of prime numbers by the principle of contradiction, that is different from Euclid's proof in a way that it uses an explicit property of prime numbers. A sieve method that applies the inclusion-exclusion principle is used to give the property of the prime numbers in terms of the prime counting function.

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Hunde Eba. "Sieving for the Primes to Prove Their Infinitude." Missouri J. Math. Sci. 29 (2) 176 - 183, November 2017. https://doi.org/10.35834/mjms/1513306829

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Published: November 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 15 December 2017

zbMATH: 06905063
MathSciNet: MR3737295
Digital Object Identifier: 10.35834/mjms/1513306829

Subjects:
Primary: 11A41
Secondary: 11N35

Keywords: Inclusion-exclusion principle , prime numbers , sieves

Rights: Copyright © 2017 Central Missouri State University, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

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