Why should I switch to Python? - Infinity of Primes

Moshe Zadka moshez at math.huji.ac.il
Wed Apr 5 05:23:42 EDT 2000


On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Greg Ewing wrote:

> Um, no it doesn't - it constructs a number which is
> *either* prime *or* divisible by some other prime bigger
> than the one you started with.

The second case includes the first one, and that is still constructive,
since there is an algorithm to find a prime factor of a number.
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