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Usher73

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Re: prove no largest prime
Posted: Jul 11, 2012 4:50 PM
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> >
> > > BIGGERPRIME(11) = 2*3*5*7*11 +1
> >
> > > = 2311
> >
> > It is not the case for all n, that if you multiply

> the first n primes
> > together and add one, that the result is a prime.
> >

>
>
> It's NOT?
>
> What's a prime factor of p1*p2*p3*p4..pn +1?
>



2*3*5*7*11*13 = 30030 + 1 = 30031 = 59*509


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