Suppose that listed all prime numbers congruent to seven modulo eight. Put , with the empty product equal to one, and defineIf an odd prime divides , then , so the second supplementary law for quadratic reciprocity forces or . Since is seven modulo eight, at least one of its prime factors is seven modulo eight. But for every listed prime, so this prime factor is new. The contradiction proves infinitude.
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