There exist arbitrarily large prime gaps

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Statement

For every positive integer m, there exists a sequence of m consecutive integers all of which are positive. Thus, there exists a prime gap between consecutive primes that is greater than m.

Proof

Let n=m+1. Consider the integers n!+2,n!+3,,n!+n. For each 2in, n!+i is divisible by and strictly larger than i, hence is composite. Further, the sequence has length n1=m.