Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!husc6!endor!greg From: greg@endor.harvard.edu (Greg) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Spacing of Prime Numbers Message-ID: <1938@husc6.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-May-87 16:27:15 EDT Article-I.D.: husc6.1938 Posted: Sat May 9 16:27:15 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 10-May-87 05:44:28 EDT References: <1392@phred.UUCP> <6212@ism780c.UUCP> Sender: news@husc6.UUCP Reply-To: greg@endor.UUCP (Greg) Organization: Harvard Lines: 10 In article <6212@ism780c.UUCP> tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes: ]> Prove there is a sequence of at least one million ]> consecutive integers, none of whom are prime. ] ]If that were not true, than the prime number theorem would be false. This is killing a fly with a nuclear device. 1000001! + n is divisible by n for 2<=n<=1000001. ---- Greg