Proving the Sylvester-Schur Theorem

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I recently worked through Paul Erdos proof on the Sylvester-Schur theorem.

The proof is from 1934 and I was wondering if anyone since then has made progress in simplifying the argument.

It occurred to me that the standard proof for Bertrand's postulate could be repurposed to prove Sylvester-Schur which should be simpler than the Erdos proof.

Is there a standard proof for Sylvester-Schur that is simpler than the classic one by Erdos?