Propp's conjecture would imply a prime between n^2 and (n+1)^2,
which conjecture I believe is stil outstanding.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Guy
To: math-fun
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [math-fun] a prime in each row?

Yes, but you're not going to be able to prove it.  R.

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, James Propp wrote:

> When you write the numbers from 1 to n^2 in n rows of length n
> (with n > 1 arbitrary), does each row contain a prime?
>
> Jim Propp