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The Real And Complex Number Systems Integers 1.1 Prove that there is no largest prime. Proof : Suppose p is the largest prime. Then p ! + 1 is NOT a prime. So, there exists a prime q such that q |p ! + 1 ⇒ q |1 which is impossible. So, there is no largest prime. Remark: There are many and many proofs about it. The proof that we give comes from Archimedes 287-212 B. C. In addition, Euler Leonhard (1707-1783) find another method to show it. The method is important since it develops to study the theory of numbers by analytic method.