In building the largest co-prime numbers and dividing them into each other would the product converge or diverge?

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Utilizing all prime numbers and alternating which goes in the numerator and denominator to create the largest co-prime numbers on top and bottom, would the product converge or diverge?

$$3/2*7/5*13/11 ... = $$

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The product is $$\prod\left(1+{a_p\over p}\right)\tag1$$ where the product is taken as $p$ runs through the alternate primes $2,5,11,17,\dots$ and $a_p\ge1$ is the difference between $p$ and the next prime. The product converges if and only if $$\sum{a_p\over p}\tag2$$ converges. It's well-known that $\sum p^{-1}$ diverges when the sum is taken over all primes $p$, and the same methods suffice to prove the sum diverges when taken over just every alternate prime. Since $a_p\ge1$, it follows that the sum in (2) diverges, so the product in (1) diverges.