In this problem set we looked at prime numbers and twin primes.

A prime number is a number

greater than one and that can only be divided by one and itself (3,5,7). Twin primes are two prime
numbers who are apart by two numbers that are a perfect square and a multiple of thirty-six when you
add one to the product of them (5 and 7, 17 and 19, and 41 and 43). The only case where you do not get
a multiple of thirty-six is twin primes 3 and 5. We see that this works in our work below.

For the first part of this problem set we had to list 10 cases of twin prime numbers and 10 cases
of non-twin prime numbers. For each of the 10 cases we had to show if the pair is a perfect square and if
it’s a multiple of thirty-six. I began by listing all the first 10 twin primes to see if this would work. After I
worked out all the twin primes, I began to work out the 10 non-twin primes. A pattern I found that all
the twin primes do indeed follow both properties. I also found that most of the non-twin prime numbers
do not end up a as a perfect square or a multiple of thirty-six. You can also take any perfect square root
and divide it by the square root of the two numbers that make it up and you would get a perfect square
root. This works on all the twin primes.

In conclusion, this phenomenon about twin primes works out and comes out to be a multiple of
thirty-six and a perfect square every time. There are many more examples of twin prime patterns and
equations that could be found when working with them. It is crazy to see how twin primes work out and
always come out the way they are supposed to.