Primorial prime

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This article defines a property that can be evaluated for a prime number. In other words, every prime number either satisfies this property or does not satisfy this property.
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Definition

A primorial prime is a prime number that differs from a primorial by 1.

In other words, it is a prime number of the form k#±1.

The primorial primes of the form k#+1 are also called Euclid primes, and all numbers of the form k#+1 are called Euclid numbers.

Behavior

Initial values

The initial values of primorial primes are 2,3,5,7,29,31,211.