Sierpiński's conjecture on primes in rows of an n by n matrix

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Let n>1n>1 be an integer. Arrange the integers 1,2,,n21,2,\ldots,n^2 in an n×nn\times n matrix, with row rr consisting of the integers (r1)n+1,,rn(r-1)n+1,\ldots,rn:

12nn+1n+22n2n+12n+23n(n1)n+1(n1)n+2n2\begin{matrix} 1 & 2 & \cdots & n\\ n+1 & n+2 & \cdots & 2n\\ 2n+1 & 2n+2 & \cdots & 3n\\ \cdots & \cdots & \cdots & \cdots\\ (n-1)n+1 & (n-1)n+2 & \cdots & n^2 \end{matrix}

Sierpiński's conjecture. Every row of this matrix contains at least one prime number.

This is presented as a beautiful problem and is attributed by the source to Ribenboim; no resolution is given in the paper.

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Primary source

Luan Alberto Ferreira, “Real exponential sums over primes and prime gaps”, arXiv:2307.08725 (2026).

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