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There are infinitely many prime numbers.

Prove this by contradiction.

Suppose we have Q = p1p2p3.....pn + 1 where p's are primes. Either Q is prime or composite. Divide both sides by any of the prime integer. However, p doesn't divide 1. So Q is a Prime number. Thus, there are infinitely many prime numbers.

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