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On a sequence of prime numbers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

C. D. Cox
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics University of N.S.W., Australia
A. J. Van Der Poorten
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics University of N.S.W., Australia
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Euclid's scheme for proving the infinitude of the primes generates, amongst others, the following sequence defined by p1 = 2 and pn+1 is the highest prime factor of p1p2pn+1.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1968