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``Re: primorials, not factorials'' by yark on 2006-06-15 02:43:00
Euclid's proof does indeed involve multiplying primes (though not necessarily consecutive primes, as his proof simply shows that any finite set of primes is missing some prime).

There's an English translation of Euclid's proof here: http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookIX/propIX20.html
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