More than we would have thought.
The following seven (7) pairs of primes less than 100 are only 2 apart:
3 - 5
5 - 7
11 - 13
17 - 19
41 - 43
59 - 61
71 - 73
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No, 21 and 23 are not twin prime numbers. Twin primes are pairs of prime numbers that differ by 2, such as 3 and 5, or 11 and 13.
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The numbers 2 and 3 are consecutive prime numbers. Are there other pairs of prime numbers which are consecutive numbers?
Twin primes are pairs of prime numbers that differ from each other by two. 29 and 31 are twin primes.
They are called twin primes and there are thought to be infinitely many such pairs.