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Evidence-backedEditorial seedExplanationenas of 2026-10-21Euclid's proof that there are infinitely many prime numbersEuclid (Elements, Book IX, Proposition 20) showed that no finite list of primes can be complete: multiply the listed primes, add 1, and any prime factor of the result is a prime missing from the list. The number itself need not be prime.