twin prime conjecture

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The twin prime conjecture is an unsolved problem in number theory asserting that there are infinitely many pairs of prime numbers that differ by 2.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Polignac's conjecture 2
twin prime conjecture canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mathematical conjecture ⓘ
unsolved problem in number theory ⓘ
consequenceIfTrue infinitely many primes p such that p and p+2 are both prime ⓘ
there are infinitely many prime gaps equal to 2 ⓘ
difficulty unsolved for more than a century ⓘ
doesNotClaim density of twin primes ⓘ
formula for twin primes ⓘ
field number theory ⓘ
historicalAttribution often attributed to Alphonse de Polignac ⓘ
studied by Atle Selberg ⓘ
linked to: Selberg sieve

studied by G. H. Hardy ⓘ
linked to: G. H. Hardy

studied by J. E. Littlewood ⓘ
studied by James Maynard ⓘ
studied by Paul Erdős ⓘ
studied by Terence Tao ⓘ
linked to: Terence Tao

studied by Viggo Brun ⓘ
studied by Yitang Zhang ⓘ
implies existence of infinitely many twin prime pairs (p,p+2) ⓘ
involvesConcept infinite set ⓘ
prime gaps ⓘ
prime number ⓘ
twin primes ⓘ
knownEvidence heuristic support from Hardy–Littlewood k-tuple conjecture ⓘ
numerical verification for very large ranges of integers ⓘ
probabilistic models of primes suggest infinitude of twin primes ⓘ
openQuestion exact distribution of twin primes ⓘ
whether there are infinitely many twin primes ⓘ
relatedConcept Brun sieve ⓘ
Brun's constant ⓘ
relatedConjecture Goldbach conjecture ⓘ
Hardy–Littlewood prime k-tuple conjecture ⓘ
Polignac's conjecture ⓘ
prime k-tuple conjecture ⓘ
relatedResult Brun proved convergence of the sum of reciprocals of twin primes ⓘ
Hardy–Littlewood conjectured an asymptotic formula for twin primes ⓘ
Maynard–Tao method improved bounds on prime gaps ⓘ
Zhang proved bounded gaps between primes ⓘ
bounded gaps between primes theorem ⓘ
relatedSequence sequence of twin primes (3,5),(5,7),(11,13),(17,19),... ⓘ
specialCaseOf Polignac's conjecture ⓘ
statement there exist infinitely many pairs of prime numbers that differ by 2 ⓘ
status open ⓘ
subfield analytic number theory ⓘ
prime number theory ⓘ

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Hardy–Littlewood conjectures → relatedTo → twin prime conjecture ⓘ
twin prime conjecture → relatedConjecture → Polignac's conjecture ⓘ
linked to: twin prime conjecture
twin prime conjecture → specialCaseOf → Polignac's conjecture ⓘ
linked to: twin prime conjecture