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It's a non-constructive proof. Saying "you could extend the proof to be constructive for a single n" doesn't make it a constructive proof for all n. Infinity i
by gowld 3y ago
It's a non-constructive proof. Saying "you could extend the proof to be constructive for a single n" doesn't make it a constructive proof for all n.
Infinity is quite a bit bigger than 1.
- MoonlitKnight 3y agoEuclid's proof is constructive in that it describes a procedure which, given a list of primes, computes a prime not on that list. Or equivalently, given a number n it computes a prime > 1.
- eru 3y agoAre you familiar with induction?