Problem

Source: Tuymaada 2002

Tags: limit, number theory proposed, number theory



A positive integer c is given. The sequence {pk} is constructed by the following rule: p1 is arbitrary prime and for k1 the number pk+1 is any prime divisor of pk+c not present among the numbers p1, p2, , pk. Prove that the sequence {pk} cannot be infinite. Proposed by A. Golovanov