Nobody invented them. Some prime numbers were found to be next-but-one to one another, and these were called twin primes.
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Nobody invented them - they are a characteristic of the set of numbers.
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.
The last known twin prime number as of now is 2996863034895, which is part of the twin prime pair (2996863034895, 2996863034897). Twin prime numbers are prime numbers that differ by 2. However, it is worth noting that there may be larger twin prime numbers that have not been discovered yet.
No - co-prime numbers are pairs of numbers which share no positive integer factors apart from 1. Twin prime numbers are a pair of prime numbers with a difference of 2.
These are prime numbers of the form p and p+2.