Abstract
This paper proposes a structural method—referred to as the “3rd Way”—for examining the infinitude of twin primes. Beginning with ordered lists of natural numbers, the author identifies positions at which new twin‑prime pairs first appear, such as “List (6)… New pair: (3,5)” and “List (8)… New pair: (5,7)”. The pattern is extended through generalized list constructions of the form ∗ 𝐿 𝑖 𝑠 𝑡 ( 𝑛 ) = 1 , 2 , 3 , … , 𝑃 1 , 𝑃 1 + 1 , 𝑃 1 + 2 = 𝑞 1 ∗ and ∗ 𝐿 𝑖 𝑠 𝑡 ( 𝑛 + 2 𝑢 ) = … , 𝑃 1 + 2 𝑢 = 𝑝 2 , 𝑃 1 + 2 𝑢 + 2 = 𝑞 2 ∗ , where the author investigates whether each such extension necessarily yields a new twin‑prime pair ( 𝑝 2 , 𝑞 2 ) . A logical argument is presented attempting to show that if ( 𝑃 1 , 𝑞 1 ) is a twin prime pair and 𝑛 ∈ 𝑁 + , then a subsequent pair ( 𝑃 2 , 𝑞 2 ) must also belong to the twin‑prime set. The paper concludes that because the natural numbers are infinite and the construction continues indefinitely, the set of twin primes is likewise infinite.



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