NAME

Math::NumSeq::TwinPrimes -- twin primes

SYNOPSIS

use Math::NumSeq::TwinPrimes;
my $seq = Math::NumSeq::TwinPrimes->new;
my ($i, $value) = $seq->next;

DESCRIPTION

The twin primes 3, 5, 11, 19, 29, etc, where both P and P+2 are primes.

FUNCTIONS

See "FUNCTIONS" in Math::NumSeq for the behaviour common to all path classes.

$seq = Math::NumSeq::TwinPrimes->new ()

$seq = Math::NumSeq::TwinPrimes->new (pairs => 'second')

Create and return a new sequence object. The optional pairs parameter (a string) controls which of each twin-prime pair of values is returned

"first"      the first of each pair, 3,5,11,17 etc
"second"     the second of each pair 5,7,13,19 etc
"both"       both values 3,5,7,11,13,17,19 etc
"average"    the average of the pair, 4,6,12,8 etc

"both" is without repetition, so for example 5 belongs to the pair 3,5 and 5,7, but is returned in the sequence just once.

$bool = $seq->pred($value)

Return true if $value is a twin prime etc. This follows any pairs parameter, so for example "second" means pred() returns true only when $value is the second of a pair, ie. $value-2 is also a prime.

SEE ALSO

Math::NumSeq, Math::NumSeq::Primes, Math::NumSeq::SophieGermainPrimes

HOME PAGE

http://user42.tuxfamily.org/math-numseq/index.html

LICENSE

Copyright 2010, 2011 Kevin Ryde

Math-NumSeq is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

Math-NumSeq is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Math-NumSeq. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.