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Fermat's Last Theorem, Schur's Theorem (in Ramsey Theory), and the Infinitude of the Primes (2302.04755v3)
Published 9 Feb 2023 in math.NT
Abstract: Alpoge and Granville (separately) gave novel proofs that the primes are infinite that use Ramsey Theory. In particular, they use Van der Waerden's Theorem and some number theory. We prove the primes are infinite using an easier theorem from Ramsey Theory, namely Schur's Theorem, and some number theory (Elsholtz independently obtained the same proof that the primes were infinite). In particular, we use the n=3 case of Fermat's last theorem. We also apply our method to show other domains have an infinite number of irreducibles.
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