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The '''twin prime conjecture''' is a yet unproven conjecture that states that there are infinitely many twin primes.  Twin primes are primes of the form <math>\ N</math> and <math>\ N+2</math> such as 5 and 7, 17 and 19, 41 and 43, and 1,000,037 and 1,000,039.
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The '''twin prime conjecture''' is a yet unproven conjecture that states that there are [[infinite]]ly many pairs of [[twin prime]]s.  Twin primes are primes of the form <math>\ N</math> and <math>\ N+2</math> such as 5 and 7, 17 and 19, 41 and 43, and 1,000,037 and 1,000,039.

Revision as of 09:26, 11 July 2006

The twin prime conjecture is a yet unproven conjecture that states that there are infinitely many pairs of twin primes. Twin primes are primes of the form $\ N$ and $\ N+2$ such as 5 and 7, 17 and 19, 41 and 43, and 1,000,037 and 1,000,039.