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There exist an (infinite) non-constant arithmetical progression whose terms are all prime numbers
If true then enter 1 and if false then enter 0

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The answer is negative. Indeed, if such progression exists, denote its common difference by r, and consider the consecutive r integers (r+1)!+2,(r+1)!+3,(r+1)!+(r+1). Each of them is a composite number, but since the progression has the common difference r, one out of any r consecutive integers must be a term of the progression.This is a contradiction.

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