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Is there really always at least one prime number between n squared and (n plus one) squared, for every positive integer n?

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No proof or counterexample has ever been found, despite the claim being checked by computer for enormous ranges of n. Results exist for closely related but weaker statements, such as a prime between consecutive cubes for large enough n, but nobody has found a way to close the gap for consecutive squares, which is exactly the gap that makes it one of Landau's four unapproachable problems named in 1912.

What would resolve this A general proof covering every positive integer n, or a single confirmed counterexample: one gap between consecutive squares, however large, that a careful search shows contains no prime at all.
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