Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Số nguyên tố Sophie Germain" in Vietnamese language version.
There are a couple of breaks from realism in Proof where characters speak in a way that is for the benefit of the audience rather than the way mathematicians would actually talk among themselves. When Hal (Harold) remembers what a Germain prime is, he speaks to Catherine in a way that would be patronizing to another mathematician.
If the strong prime k-tuples conjecture is true, then Cunningham chains can reach any length.
[Jean E.] Taylor pointed out that the example of a Germain prime given in the preliminary text was missing the term "+ 1." "When I first went to see 'Proof' and that moment came up in the play, I was happy to hear the 'plus one' clearly spoken," Taylor says.