A fractal proof of the infinitude of primes

2018/10/14 by Kota Saito, Saito, Kota
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #Analytic Number Theory Research #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals #Metric Geometry (math.MG) #Number Theory (math.NT) #Primary: 11A41 #Secondary: 11K55

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1810.05955

openalex publication_date 2018/10/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This short paper gives another proof of the infinitude of primes by using upper box dimension, which is one of fractal dimensions.

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