bonanova Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 A prime, N, is a number with no factors other than [1,N]. Can the arithmetic mean of two consecutive prime numbers be itself a prime number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 A prime, N, is a number with no factors other than [1,N]. Can the arithmetic mean of two consecutive prime numbers be itself a prime number? Perhaps I am misunderstanding your question, but it seems to me that you are asking if in (p1 + p2)/2 =p3 can p3 be prime. If that is right then the answer is NO. You stated that the two primes are consecutive. Since p3 would fall between p1 and p2, then p1 and p2 could not be consecutive primes since another prime exists between them. Is that correct, or have I missed something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted September 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 That's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A prime, N, is a number with no factors other than [1,N].
Can the arithmetic mean of two consecutive prime numbers be itself a prime number?
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