Re: Spacing of Prime Numbers

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From: Greg
Date: Sat, 09 May 1987 20:27

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In article <6212@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
]>           Prove there is a  sequence  of at least one million
]>           consecutive integers, none of whom are prime.
]
]If that were not true, than the prime number theorem would be false.

This is killing a fly with a nuclear device.
1000001! + n is divisible by n for 2<=n<=1000001.
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Greg

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Subject: Re: Spacing of Prime Numbers
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