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Problem #219: Are there arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions of...

Are there arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions of primes?

Problem Statement

Are there arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions of primes?
Categories: Number Theory Additive Combinatorics Primes Arithmetic Progressions

Progress

The answer is yes, proved by Green and Tao [GrTa08]. The stronger claim that there are arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions of consecutive primes is still open.

See also [3] and [141].

This is discussed in problem A5 of Guy's collection [Gu04].

Source: erdosproblems.com/219 | Last verified: January 14, 2026

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