Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-options-i-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2011/c/1/a/iii/solution

If the complete list of prime numbers were , then would have a prime divisor by the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. No divides it, since . This contradicts completeness of the list. Hence there are infinitely many prime numbers.

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