Can every even integer be expressed as the difference of two primes?

Can every even integer be expressed as the difference of two primes? If so, is there any elementary proof?


This is listed as an open question at the Prime Pages: http://primes.utm.edu/notes/conjectures/


This follows from Schinzel's conjecture H. Consider the polynomials $x$ and $x+2k$. Their product equals $2k+1$ at 1 and $4(k+1)$ at 2, which clearly do not have any common divisors. So if Schinzel's conjecture holds, there are infinitely many numbers $n$ such that the polynomials are both prime at $n$, and so subtracting gives the result.