Function Repository Resource:

TwinPrime

Find the nth twin prime

Contributed by: Wolfram|Alpha Math Team

ResourceFunction["TwinPrime"][n]

returns the nth twin prime number.

Details and Options

A twin prime is a prime number with distance two from another prime number, considered its "twin".

For each pair, ResourceFunction["TwinPrime"] returns the smaller of the two.

Find the 10th twin prime:

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Find the first 10 twin primes:

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