Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Why Haven't You Heard Of One Of History's Greatest Geniuses?" video.

  1.  @subhadramahanta452  Because the first prime number is 2. The proof requires multiplying all the prime numbers up to P, the "greatest" prime number, by hypothesis. This leads to a contradiction, because ((2 x 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 x . . . x P) + 1) is greater than P and cannot be the product of any of the primes up to and including P.
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  2.  @subhadramahanta452  It just takes getting used to doing proofs like this. There are better books on that today than there were when I studied mathematics.
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  3.  @subhadramahanta452  excellent . . . you are welcome
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  4.  @subhadramahanta452  Q, being the product of all the primes by hypothesis, must be even. Hence Q + 1 is odd.
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