Posted by mima on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 12:13am.
adding the digits produces a result that is the remainder when the number is divided by 9.
So, assuming that the prime number p = 9m+n
the sum of the digits is also n
so, p-n = 9m, not a prime
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