[Math] Are there infinite many primes p such that 2p-1 is also prime

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I did a search online and found a similar notion called Sophie Germain prime, which by definition is a prime $p$ such that $2p+1$ is also prime. Sophie Germain primes are conjectured to be of infinite many. I wonder if anyone has thought of the similar question replacing $2p+1$ by $2p-1$.

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These primes are tabulated at http://oeis.org/A005382
They don't seem to have a name, though they are related to Cunningham chains.

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