Sequence has finitely many composite numbers
Source: Kvant Magazine No. 6 2021 M2656
March 9, 2023
number theoryKvant
Problem Statement
The increasing sequence of natural numbers is such that for every the number is equal to the smallest natural number greater than and not divisible by any of the numbers . Prove that there is only a finite number of composite numbers in such a sequence.Proposed by P. Kozhevnikov