An alternative proof of Sylvester's theorem and variations for more primes

Abstract

This document presents an alternative proof of Sylvester's theorem stating that "the product of n consecutive numbers strictly greater than n is divisible by a prime strictly greater than n". In addition, the paper proposes stronger versions of Sylvester's theorem and Bertrand's postulate with more primes, as well as an approach to get more results in this direction.

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