Applied Sciences (Sep 2024)

Some Properties and Algorithms for Twin Primes

  • Gerardo Iovane,
  • Patrizia Di Gironimo,
  • Elmo Benedetto,
  • Vittorio D’Alfonso

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/app14177902
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 17
p. 7902

Abstract

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In this article, we study some new properties of twin primes and algorithms for their generation. We find the necessary conditions to generate a pair of twins. These conditions seem to indicate that the conjecture is true, namely, there are infinitely many twin primes. Furthermore, we developed some algorithms that are very useful from a computer science point of view, which can be applied in cryptography and data encryption.

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