Can the Prime Factorization of A + B Reveal Insights About Coprime Numbers?

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If I have two coprime numbers A and B, can anything be said about the structure of the prime factorization of A + B?
 
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If I have two coprime numbers A and B, can anything be said about the structure of the prime factorization of A + B?

Not really. Clearly then gcd(A + B, A) = 1 = gcd(A + B, B) so none of the prime factors from A or B will be in A + B, but beyond that...
 

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