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Since a Prime Number cannot be divisible by 2 or 3, it must be true that, for a Prime ,
. This
motivates the definition of sexy primes as a pair of primes (
) such that
(``sexy'' since ``sex'' is the Latin
word for ``six.''). The first few sexy prime pairs are (5, 11), (7, 13), (11, 17), (13, 19), (17, 23), (23, 29), (31, 37), (37,
43), (41, 47), (47, 53), ... (Sloane's A023201
and A046117).
Sexy constellations also exist. The first few sexy triplets (i.e., numbers such that each of is Prime but
is not Prime) are (7, 13, 19), (17, 23, 29), (31, 37, 43), (47, 53, 59), ...
(Sloane's
A046118,
A046119,
and A046120). The first few sexy quadruplets are (11, 17, 23, 29), (41, 47, 53, 59), (61, 67, 73, 79),
(251, 257, 263, 269), ... (Sloane's A046121,
A046122,
A046123,
and A046124). Sexy quadruplets can only begin with a Prime
ending in a ``1.'' There is only a single sexy quintuplet, (5, 11, 17, 23, 29), since every fifth number of the form
is divisible by 5, and therefore cannot be Prime.
See also Prime Constellation, Prime Quadruplet, Twin Primes
References
Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences
A023201,
A046117,
A046118,
A046119,
A046120,
A046121,
A046122,
A046123, and
A046124,
in ``An On-Line Version of the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.''
http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/eisonline.html.
Trotter, T. ``Sexy Primes.'' http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/8202/sexyprim.html.