Let $e_d$ be the $d$-th standard-basis vector in the Hilbert space $H=l_2(\mathbb{N})$. Let $h(n) = J_2(n)$ be the second Jordan totient function, defined by: $$J_2(n) = n^2 \prod_{p|n}(1-1/p^2)$$ Define: $$\phi(n) = \frac{1}{n} \sum_{d|n}\sqrt{h(d)} e_d.$$ Then we have: $$ \left < \phi(a),\phi(b) \right > = \frac{\gcd(a,b)^2}{ab}=:k(a,b)$$ The vectors $\phi(a_i)$ are linearly independent for each finite set $a_1,\cdots,a_n$ of natural numbers, [since (page 1,2 in the notes)][1] $$\det(G_n) = \prod_{i=1}^n \frac{h(a_i)}{a_i^2} $$ is not zero, where $G_n$ denotes the Gram matrix. We want to look at $a_1,\cdots,a_n = 1,\cdots,n$ and get: $$d(n):=\det(G_n) = \prod_{i=1}^n \frac{h(i)}{i^2} = \prod_{k=1}^n \prod_{p|k} (1-1/p^2) = \prod_{p \le n} (1-1/p^2)^{\operatorname{floor}(n/p)}$$ Supposing now, that there exist only finitely many primes $p_1,\cdots,p_r$ we get for $d(n)$: $$d(n) = \prod_{i=1}^r (1-1/p_i^2)^{\operatorname{floor}(n/p_i)}$$ Consider now the number $N = p_1 \cdots p_r$ then we have: $$\operatorname{floor}(N/p_i) = \operatorname{floor}((N+1)/p_i)$$ hence also: $$d(N) = d(N+1)$$ But this [should be empirically impossible][2], if the function $d(n)$ can be shown to be monotonically decreasing. Notice also that the volume $\operatorname{vol}(n) = \sqrt{d(n)}$ is the volume spaned by the vectors $\phi(k), k=1,\cdots,n$. Hence maybe a geometric inequality could be applied in this setting? **Question: Is it possible to show that $d$ is monotonically decreasing in $n$ and thereby giving a geometric proof of the infinitude of primes?** **Edit**: With the help of @Mark the proof is now complete! I still do not understand the downvote yet. :-( [1]: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vPz4llzvv9dup3RcJxvCCgrE-RLXwu4h/view [2]: https://sagecell.sagemath.org/?z=eJwtjkEKhTAMRPeCd8gy0aqty483EQWhrQj-tES9v62aWc6bzFjnwVpk-pUFpBN3XsIQJVgc0TSmi3NPVeX3EAS5iwQ-CETYMrT93YFcG5qoLF5ll7MrC68Ojeq1TsD3PkX4RFZPZa1brZ72BAzvDLoBhYQm7g==&lang=sage&interacts=eJyLjgUAARUAuQ==