Lemma · version 2

Characterizing a natural-number prime

Statement

A natural number p is prime exactly when p ≥ 2 and every natural-number divisor m of p is either 1 or p.

Assumptions

  • Natural numbers
  • Ordinary primality

Scope

Natural-number divisibility and ordinary primality.

Evidence

Source reports

Formal proofs

Connections

In this problem · publication v6 · Selected context

Why are there infinitely many primes? →

Supporting result · Proved

This prerequisite supplies the divisibility contradiction in the factorial-plus-one proof. It is a supporting theorem, not another prime-infinitude Problem.

This characterizes primality; it is not another infinitude result.

Relationship not independently reviewed. This concerns its use in this problem.

Formalize a prime strictly above every bound → · Related problem work; no execution evidence for this statement is asserted.

In this problem · publication v8

Why are there infinitely many primes? →

Supporting result · Proved

This prerequisite supplies the divisibility contradiction in the factorial-plus-one proof. It is a supporting theorem, not another prime-infinitude Problem.

This characterizes primality; it is not another infinitude result.

Relationship not independently reviewed. This concerns its use in this problem.

Formalize a prime strictly above every bound → · Related problem work; no execution evidence for this statement is asserted.

Sources

History

Statement versions

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Assessment history · 1

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Record details
Claim ID
claim-prime-divisor-characterization
Statement version
2
SHA-256
bd4f39e85cd593f0bd3bb9ecf101d166b8f0ba8eb5f8db38cd7b8c4d53fd8639

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