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If p p and p + 2 p+2 are both prime numbers (also called twin primes ) then p + 1 p+1 is always divisible by 6.

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Munem Shahriar
Dec 5, 2017

If p = 3 , p =3, then both p p and p + 2 p+2 are prime numbers.

p + 1 = 3 + 1 = 4 is not divisible by 6 p + 1 = 3 +1 = 4 ~ \text{is not divisible by 6}

Romain Bouchard
Dec 5, 2017

Though it is almost always true (see below), there is one counter-example : 3 3 and 5 5 are twin primes but 4 4 is not divisible by 6 6 .

In all other cases, it is because in a triplet of consecutive numbers { \{ p p , p + 1 p+1 , p + 2 p+2 } \} , at least one is divisible by 2 2 and one exactly is divisible by 3 3 and because p p and p + 2 p+2 are prime numbers, p + 1 p+1 should be divisible by both 2 2 and 3 3 , hence by 6 6 .

The link given in the problem sends us to the wrong place. The correct link to the wiki is this

Munem Shahriar - 3 years, 6 months ago

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Thanks. By the way, you wrote p+1 instead of p+2 in your solution (first sentence.)

Romain Bouchard - 3 years, 6 months ago

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Thanks. I fixed it :)

Munem Shahriar - 3 years, 6 months ago

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