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Prove that there are infinitely many twin primes if and only if there are infinitely many integers that cannot be written in any of the following forms: \[6uv+u+v, \;\; 6uv+u-v, \;\; 6uv-u+v, \;\; 6uv-u-v,\] for some positive integers $u$ and $v$.