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Twin primes are pairs of prime numbers of the form and . The first few pairs of twin primes are (3, 5), (5, 7), (11, 13), (17, 19), (29, 31), and so on. Just as with the primes themselves, twin primes become more and more sparse as one looks at larger and larger numbers.

Twin Prime Conjecture

Main article: Twin Prime Conjecture

The statement that there are infinitely many pairs of twin primes is known as the Twin Prime Conjecture. It is not known whether this statement is true.

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