The sum of three consecutive prime numbers is a prime number and the smallest solution can be written as the following:
What is ?
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Since we know that the sum of those prime numbers is a prime number which is greater than 2 (it is an addition of three consecutive prime numbers and 2 is the smallest prime number) and that none of P n , P n + 1 , P n + 2 is 2 because the sum of 3 and 5 is even and 2 is even as well which means that P n + P n + 1 + P n + 2 = 2 k (in case of P n = 2 ) and even numbers greater than 2 are not primes.
The case of P n = 3 is 3 + 5 + 7 and that is equal to 1 5 and 1 5 is not a prime number.
The case of P n = 5 is 5 + 7 + 1 1 which is equal to 2 3 which is a prime!
So P n = 5 , P n + 1 = 7 , P n + 2 = 1 1 and P α = 2 3 .
P α + P n = 2 3 + 5 = 2 8
Which is the smallest possible solution!