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They were known, at least, to the Ancient Greeks - perhaps earlier. I believe it was one of the Ancient Greeks who proved that the set of prime numbers was infinite (or "larger than any given set", or that there was no last Prime number).

They were known, at least, to the Ancient Greeks - perhaps earlier. I believe it was one of the Ancient Greeks who proved that the set of prime numbers was infinite (or "larger than any given set", or that there was no last prime number).

They were known, at least, to the Ancient Greeks - perhaps earlier. I believe it was one of the Ancient Greeks who proved that the set of prime numbers was infinite (or "larger than any given set", or that there was no last prime number).

They were known, at least, to the Ancient Greeks - perhaps earlier. I believe it was one of the Ancient Greeks who proved that the set of prime numbers was infinite (or "larger than any given set", or that there was no last prime number).

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