How to prove the existence of a prime number with elementary method?
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Suppose $A>5$ is an integer and there exists a prime number $p$ such that $A-2leq p^2<A$.
Show that there exists at least one prime number $q$ such that $p<q<A$.
This seems to be intuitive to me since $A$ and $p$ has large gap. How can we prove it?
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Suppose $A>5$ is an integer and there exists a prime number $p$ such that $A-2leq p^2<A$.
Show that there exists at least one prime number $q$ such that $p<q<A$.
This seems to be intuitive to me since $A$ and $p$ has large gap. How can we prove it?
number-theory prime-numbers
asked Dec 4 at 3:56
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Suppose $A>5$ is an integer and there exists a prime number $p$ such that $A-2leq p^2<A$.
Show that there exists at least one prime number $q$ such that $p<q<A$.
This seems to be intuitive to me since $A$ and $p$ has large gap. How can we prove it?
number-theory prime-numbers
asked Dec 4 at 3:56
user3813057
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Suppose $A>5$ is an integer and there exists a prime number $p$ such that $A-2leq p^2<A$.
Show that there exists at least one prime number $q$ such that $p<q<A$.
This seems to be intuitive to me since $A$ and $p$ has large gap. How can we prove it?
number-theory prime-numbers
number-theory prime-numbers
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Using one version of Bertrand's Postulate, if $q$ is the next prime after $p$ then
$$p<q<2ple p^2<A .$$
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Using one version of Bertrand's Postulate, if $q$ is the next prime after $p$ then
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Using one version of Bertrand's Postulate, if $q$ is the next prime after $p$ then
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Using one version of Bertrand's Postulate, if $q$ is the next prime after $p$ then
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Using one version of Bertrand's Postulate, if $q$ is the next prime after $p$ then
$$p<q<2ple p^2<A .$$
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