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(a) Prove that if n > 2, then there exists a prime p satisfying n < p < n!.[Hint:...

(a) Prove that if n > 2, then there exists a prime p satisfying n < p < n!.

[Hint: If n! − 1 is not prime, then it has a prime divisor p; and pn implies p|n!, leading to a contradiction.]


(b) For n > 1, show that every prime divisor of n! + 1 is an odd integer that is greater than n.

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