Goldbach, Hurwitz, and the infinitude of primes: weaving a proof across the centuries

DOI10.1007/s00283-013-9402-8zbMath1303.11003OpenAlexW2086005322MaRDI QIDQ2249492

Robert Haas

Publication date: 2 July 2014

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-013-9402-8

zbMATH Keywords

Fermat numbersHurwitzPólyaGoldbachinfinitude of primes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of number theory (11-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Primes (11A41)

Related Items (3)

Aspects of Zeta-Function Theory in the Mathematical Works of Adolf Hurwitz ⋮ Varieties of Infiniteness in the Existence of Infinitely Many Primes ⋮ On Euler's remarks on the distribution of primes

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