Re: Twin Primes

From: "Richard Henry" <rphenry@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:25:44 -0700

"bill" <b92057@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It is known that every twin prime pair is of the form (6n-1) & (6n+1)
. WHY?

Because every prime is of the form (6n-1) or (6n+1).

Proof: (6n+K) is not prime for K = 2,3,4; is prime for K = 1 or 5.

^
may be

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References:
- Twin Primes
  - From: bill

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