Euclid's Theorem of Infinite Prime Numbers and the Twin Prime Conjecture

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Authors: Jim Harlow
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Abstract

Euclid’s classical argument establishes that the prime numbers admit no finite multiplicative closure. This result is frequently conflated with stronger questions concerning the persistence of specific arithmetic relations among primes, such as those posed by the Twin Prime Conjecture. In this note we isolate the precise structural content of Euclid’s method and show that it addresses a logically distinct problem: unbounded admissible extension via obstruction to finite closure. We prove that Euclid-type extension mechanisms necessarily destroy fixed additive gap relations and therefore cannot, even in principle, be adapted to address questions concerning infinite families of primes with prescribed differences. This establishes a clean separation between obstruction-based arguments and gap-preservation problems. No new result on the Twin Prime Conjecture is claimed. I'll repost the unconditional structural, analytic and arithmetic closeure of Twin Primes Conjecture upon finishing private Adversarial Referee back-and-forth.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Analytic Number Theory Research Limits and Structures in Graph Theory Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
27 January 2026