While trying to solve answer a question, I discovered one that I felt to be remarkably similar. The question I found is 'Argue that there are infinitely many primes p that ar enot congruent to 1 modulo 5. I believe this has been proven. (brief summary of this proof follows).
Following the Euclid Proof that there are an infinite number of primes.
First, Assume that there are a finite number of primes not congruent to 1(mod5).
I then multiply them all except 2 together to get N≡0(mod5).
Considering the factors of N+2, which is odd and ≡2(mod5).
It cannot be divisible by any prime on the list, as it has remainder 2 when divided by them.
If it is prime, we have exhibited a prime ≢1(mod5) that is not on the list.
If it is not prime, it must have a factor that is ≢1(mod5).
This is because the product of primes ≡1(mod5) is still ≡1(mod5).
I can't take credit for much of any of the above proof, because nearly all of it came from \href {http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/231534/infinitely-many-primes-p-that-are-not-congruent-to-1-mod-5}Ross Millikan. Either way I'm trying to use this proof to answer the following question. I'm having a very difficult time doing so.
My question:
I wish to prove that there are infinitely many primes p which are not congruent to −1 modulo 19.
Answer
Let p1,p2,…,pn be any collection of odd primes, and let n=19p1p2⋯pn+2. A prime divisor of n cannot be one of the pi. And n has at least one prime divisor which is not congruent to −1 modulo 19, else we would have n≡±1(mod19).
Remark: Not congruent is generally far easier to deal with than congruent.
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