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twin prime

prime either 2 more or 2 less than another prime
Class type of: prime number Q110863

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
prime number pattern
Follows
prime number[3]
Followed by
prime triplet[4]
Subclass of
prime number
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[5]
Has characteristic
prime gap[6]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[8]
Studied by
Theory of twin primes[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en twin prime ar حدسيه التوأمين الأوليه ar حدسيه العددين الأوليين التوأم ar حدسية العددين الأوليين التوأم ar عددان أوليان توأم ar حدسية التوأمين الأولية cs prvočíselná dvojice cs Prvočíselné dvojče cs Prvočíselná dvojčata cs Prvočíselné dvojice da Primtalstvillinger da Primtalsfirlinger da Tvillingeprimtal da Tvillingprimtal da Primtalstvilling de Primzahlenzwillinge de Zwillingsprimzahl de Primzahlenzwilling de Primzahlzwillingspaar de Primzahlzwillinge
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C143352335
BabelNet ID
03159171n
Brilliant Wiki ID
twin-primes
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/twin-prime-numbers
Freebase ID
/m/0bjzh
MathWorld ID
TwinPrimes
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
143352335
Namuwiki ID
쌍둥이 소수
Quora topic ID
Twin-Prime
Topic's main category
Category:Twin primes
Vikidia article ID
fr:Nombres_premiers_jumeaux
Yle topic ID
18-237239
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Zhihu topic ID
20004966

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🔗 Connections
Followed by 1
prime triplet
Followed by (predecessor) 1
prime triplet
Follows 1
prime number
Has characteristic 1
prime gap
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Preceded by (successor) 1
prime number
Subclass of 1
prime number
← FactGrid item ID 1
Cindré
← Main subject 1
twin prime conjecture
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Summary

twin prime is a prime number pattern[1]. It is a type of prime number[2].

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Charp238 · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Has characteristic → prime gap
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Namuwiki ID: 쌍둥이 소수"
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