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In this short paper, we give another proof of the infinitude of primes by using the upper box dimension, which f fractal dimensions.
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*The research was financially supported by Yoshida Scholarship Foundation.
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Saito, K. A Fractal Proof of the Infinitude of Primes*. Lith Math J 59, 408–411 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10986-019-09449-6
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