Twin primes are any two prime numbers that have a difference of two, such as 3 and 5 or 29 and 31.
Mersenne primes are prime numbers that are one less than a power of 2. In other words, they can be represented by the expression (2^p)-1, where p is a prime number. Examples include 3, 7, 31, etc.
You may have noticed that 3 is in both examples listed above. This brings the question:
Can you find another Mersenne prime that is
the smaller of two Twin Primes?
-- OR --
Can you explain why no other examples exist?
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