Bourbaki

Exercise 14, § 1

Algebra, VII, p. 52

The set of prime numbers of the form 4n−14n - 1 (resp. 6n−16n - 1) is infinite (same method as Prop. 5 (VII, p. 5)); notice that every prime number except 2 (resp. except 2 and 3) has the form 4n±14n \pm 1 (resp. 6n±16n \pm 1).

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