Are there infinitely many prime numbers p so that p+2 and p+4 are also primes?

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Virginia Henry

Mathematics

2 May, 06:18

Are there infinitely many prime numbers p so that p+2 and p+4 are also primes?

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Scott · Answer 1

There are infinitely prime numbers "p", but p+2 and p+4 are not primes.

Example: Suppose p = 7 (prime) if you add 2, it becomes 9 (Not a Prime).

Same thing if p = 11 (prime), if yo add 4, it becomes 15 (Not a prime number)