Ein Primzahlzwilling sind solche Zahlen, die Primzahlen sind und zwischen den beiden Primzahlen eine Differenz von zwei ( 2 ) haben. Mit anderen Worten, ein Primzahlzwilling ist eine Primzahl, die eine Primzahllücke von zwei hat. 
Manchmal wird der Begriff Primzahlenzwilling für ein Paar Primzahlzwillinge verwendet; ein alternativer Name dafür ist Prime Twin oder Prime Pair. Normalerweise wird das Paar (2, 3) nicht als Paar von Primzahlzwillingen betrachtet. Da 2 die einzige gerade Primzahl ist, ist dieses Paar das einzige Paar von Primzahlen, die sich um eins unterscheiden; Daher sind Primzahlzwillinge für zwei andere Primzahlen so eng wie möglich beabstandet.
Die ersten paar Primzahlzwillinge sind: 
 

(3, 5), (5, 7), (11, 13), (17, 19), (29, 31), 
(41, 43), (59, 61), (71, 73), (101, 103), 
(107, 109), (137, 139), …etc.

FAKT : Es gibt 409 Primzahlzwillinge unter 10.000.
Jedes Primzahlzwillingspaar außer (3, 5) hat die Form (6n – 1, 6n + 1) für eine natürliche Zahl n; das heißt, die Zahl zwischen den beiden Primzahlen ist ein Vielfaches von 6.
Beispiele: 
 

Input : n1 = 11, n2 = 13
Output : Twin Prime

Input : n1 = 23, n2 = 37
Output : Not Twin Prime

Voraussetzung: Primzahltest | Set 1 (Einführung und Schulmethode)
 

C++

// CPP program to check twin prime
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
// Please refer below post for details of this
// function
// https://goo.gl/Wv3fGv
bool isPrime(int n)
{
    // Corner cases
    if (n <= 1)  return false;
    if (n <= 3)  return true;
  
    // This is checked so that we can skip
    // middle five numbers in below loop
    if (n%2 == 0 || n%3 == 0) return false;
  
    for (int i=5; i*i<=n; i=i+6)
        if (n%i == 0 || n%(i+2) == 0)
           return false;
  
    return true;
}
 
// Returns true if n1 and n2 are twin primes
bool twinPrime(int n1, int n2)
{
    return (isPrime(n1) && isPrime(n2) &&
                        abs(n1 - n2) == 2);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int n1 = 11, n2 = 13;
    if (twinPrime(n1, n2))
        cout << "Twin Prime" << endl;
    else
        cout << endl
            << "Not Twin Prime" << endl;
    return 0;
}

Java

// JAVA Code for Twin Prime Numbers
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG {
 
    // Please refer below post for
    // details of this function
    // https://goo.gl/Wv3fGv
    static boolean isPrime(int n)
    {
        // Corner cases
        if (n <= 1) return false;
        if (n <= 3) return true;
 
        // This is checked so that we can skip
        // middle five numbers in below loop
        if (n % 2 == 0 || n % 3 == 0)
            return false;
 
        for (int i = 5; i * i <= n; i = i + 6)
            if (n % i == 0 || n % (i + 2) == 0)
                return false;
 
        return true;
    }
 
    // Returns true if n1 and n2 are twin primes
    static boolean twinPrime(int n1, int n2)
    {
        return (isPrime(n1) && isPrime(n2) &&
                     Math.abs(n1 - n2) == 2);
    }
 
    /* Driver program to test above function */
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int n1 = 11, n2 = 13;
 
        if (twinPrime(n1, n2))
            System.out.println("Twin Prime");
        else
            System.out.println("Not Twin Prime");
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Arnav Kr. Mandal.

Python3

# Python3 code to check twin prime
import math
 
# Function to check whether a 
# number is prime or not
def isPrime( n ):
     
    # Corner cases
    if n <= 1:
        return False
    if n <= 3:
        return True
     
    # This is checked so that we
    # can skip middle five numbers
    # in below loop
    if n%2 == 0 or n%3 == 0:
        return False
     
    for i in range(5, int(math.sqrt(n)+1), 6):
        if n%i == 0 or n%(i + 2) == 0:
            return False
     
    return True
 
# Returns true if n1 and n2 are
# twin primes
def twinPrime(n1 , n2):
    return (isPrime(n1) and isPrime(n2) and
                    abs(n1 - n2) == 2)
 
# Driver code
n1 = 137
n2 = 139
 
if twinPrime(n1, n2):
    print("Twin Prime")
else:
    print("Not Twin Prime")
     
# This code is contributed by "Sharad_Bhardwaj".

C#

// C# Code for Twin Prime Numbers
using System;
 
class GFG {
 
    // Please refer below post for
    // details of this function
    // https://goo.gl/Wv3fGv
    static bool isPrime(int n)
    {
        // Corner cases
        if (n <= 1) return false;
        if (n <= 3) return true;
 
        // This is checked so that we can skip
        // middle five numbers in below loop
        if (n % 2 == 0 || n % 3 == 0)
            return false;
 
        for (int i = 5; i * i <= n; i = i + 6)
            if (n % i == 0 || n % (i + 2) == 0)
                return false;
 
        return true;
    }
 
    // Returns true if n1 and n2 are twin primes
    static bool twinPrime(int n1, int n2)
    {
        return (isPrime(n1) && isPrime(n2) &&
                    Math.Abs(n1 - n2) == 2);
    }
 
    // Driver program
    public static void Main()
    {
        int n1 = 11, n2 = 13;
 
        if (twinPrime(n1, n2))
            Console.WriteLine("Twin Prime");
        else
            Console.WriteLine("Not Twin Prime");
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by vt_m.

PHP

<?php
// PhP program to check twin prime
 
// Please refer below post for details
// of this function
// https://goo.gl/Wv3fGv
 
function isPrime($n)
{
     
    // Corner cases
    if ($n <= 1) return false;
    if ($n <= 3) return true;
 
    // This is checked so that we can skip
    // middle five numbers in below loop
    if ($n % 2 == 0 || $n % 3 == 0)
        return false;
 
    for ($i = 5; $i * $i <= $n; $i = $i + 6)
        if ($n % $i == 0 || $n % ($i + 2) == 0)
            return false;
 
    return true;
}
 
// Returns true if n1 and n2 are twin primes
function twinPrime($n1, $n2)
{
    return (isPrime($n1) && isPrime($n2) &&
                        abs($n1 - $n2) == 2);
}
 
// Driver code
$n1 = 11; $n2 = 13;
if (twinPrime($n1, $n2))
    echo "Twin Prime", "\n";
else
    echo "\n", "Not Twin Prime", "\n";
 
// This code is contributed by ajit
?>

Javascript

<script>
// javascript Code for Twin Prime Numbers
 
    // Please refer below post for
    // details of this function
    // https://goo.gl/Wv3fGv
    function isPrime( n)
    {
     
        // Corner cases
        if (n <= 1)
            return false;
        if (n <= 3)
            return true;
 
        // This is checked so that we can skip
        // middle five numbers in below loop
        if (n % 2 == 0 || n % 3 == 0)
            return false;
 
        for ( let i = 5; i * i <= n; i = i + 6)
            if (n % i == 0 || n % (i + 2) == 0)
                return false;
 
        return true;
    }
 
    // Returns true if n1 and n2 are twin primes
    function twinPrime( n1, n2) {
        return (isPrime(n1) && isPrime(n2) && Math.abs(n1 - n2) == 2);
    }
 
    /* Driver program to test above function */
      
    let n1 = 11, n2 = 13;
 
    if (twinPrime(n1, n2))
        document.write("Twin Prime");
    else
        document.write("Not Twin Prime");
 
// This code is contributed by gauravrajput1
</script>

Ausgabe : 
 

Twin Prime