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第7卷命题 32 · 任何数或为素数或被某素数度量

Any number either is prime or is measured by some prime number.

任何数要么是素数,要么能被某个素数整除。

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  1. Let A be a number; I say that A either is prime or is measured by some prime number.

    设A是一个数。

  2. If now A is prime, that which was enjoined will have been done.

    若A是素数,则结论成立。

  3. But if it is composite, some prime number will measure it.

    若A是合数,则根据第七卷命题31,存在某个素数度量A。

  4. 因此,任何数要么是素数,要么能被某个素数整除。