Talk:Sum of two adjacent numbers are primes

Task name odd and hard to understand ?

The existing task name seems logically and grammatically a bit obscure. Hard work to disentangle.

"Sum of two adjacent numbers are primes" ??

What is the subject of "are primes" ?

"Sum" ? But then why "are" and a plural ?

Or perhaps "adjacent numbers" ?

But I don't think anyone will find all that many "adjacent" numbers (beyond 3) that are both prime.

Does it perhaps mean "Prime sums of two consecutive numbers" ?

Might that seem a clearer title ? Or perhaps I've still misunderstood ? Hout (talk) 14:26, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

"Prime sums of two consecutive numbers" fits the task. I am not sure I have the perspective to say whether it's easier to comprehend than the current title. --Rdm (talk) 14:43, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

This is not one of the more well-thought-out tasks. It basically boils down to find every odd prime p and show it as the "sum" of floor(p/2) '+' ceil(p/2). Adjacent numbers just means n and n+1. Omit say 4+5 as 9 is not prime. It really is that trivial. --Petelomax (talk) 20:50, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Mathematically more interesting is Sum of adjacent squares is prime, i.e. 4+9=13. The "basically boils down to..." could be used, but more interesting (efficient?) methods are known. --Nigel Galloway (talk) 16:31, 19 December 2022 (UTC)