commonly written as ln(x) or loge(x). A prime gap is the difference between two successive prime numbers. The n-th prime gap, denoted gn or g(pn) is the difference...
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However, large prime gaps occur much earlier than this argument shows. For example, the first prime gap of length 8 is between the primes 89 and 97, much...
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prime is a prime that has a prime gap of two. Sometimes the term twin prime is used for a pair of twin primes; an alternative name for this is prime twin...
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definitions. Primes with equal-sized prime gaps after and before them, so that they are equal to the arithmetic mean of the nearest primes after and before...
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length of this gap is asymptotically smaller than the average composite run for integers of similar size (see prime gap). Primorial prime Weisstein, Eric...
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Confederation, there were gaps between the term of an outgoing prime minister and the incoming prime minister. The shortest gap, two days, was between Macdonald...
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Riemann hypothesis (section Large prime gap conjecture)
2. The prime number theorem implies that on average, the gap between the prime p and its successor is log p. However, some gaps between primes may be...
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were testing contains the largest known relative gap between Mersenne primes: the next Mersenne prime exponent, 521, would turn out to be more than four...
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Landau's problems (redirect from Near-square prime conjecture)
infinitely many primes p (later called Chen primes) such that p + 2 is either a prime or a semiprime. It suffices to check that each prime gap starting at...
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different proof of Yitang Zhang's theorem that there are bounded gaps between primes, and resolved a longstanding conjecture by showing that for any m...
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Pine Gap is a joint United States-Australian satellite communications and signals intelligence surveillance base and Australian Earth station approximately...
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other words, the average gap between consecutive prime numbers among the first N integers is roughly log(N). Let π(x) be the prime-counting function defined...
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2013 which established the first finite bound on the least gap between consecutive primes that is attained infinitely often. This work led to a 2013 Ostrowski...
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Cramér's conjecture (category Conjectures about prime numbers)
is an estimate for the size of gaps between consecutive prime numbers: intuitively, that gaps between consecutive primes are always small, and the conjecture...
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Closing the Gap: The Quest to Understand Prime Numbers is a book on prime numbers and prime gaps by Vicky Neale, published in 2017 by the Oxford University...
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Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2020. "Prime Gap Grows After Decades-Long Lull". 10 December 2014./ KEVIN HARTNETT (5 June...
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100,000 (section Prime numbers)
981 = Starts the first prime gap sequence of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 129,106 = Keith number 130,321 = 194 131,071 = Mersenne prime 131,072 = 217 and largest...
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Legendre's conjecture (category Conjectures about prime numbers)
conjectures related to prime gaps, that is, to the spacing between prime numbers. Others include Bertrand's postulate, on the existence of a prime between n {\displaystyle...
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1000 (number) (section Prime values)
difference of prime squares 1361 = first prime following a prime gap of 34, centered decagonal number, 3rd Mills' prime, Honaker prime 1362 = number of...
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Polignac's conjecture (category Conjectures about prime numbers)
there are infinitely many prime gaps of size n. In other words: There are infinitely many cases of two consecutive prime numbers with difference n. Although...
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Firoozbakht's conjecture (category Conjectures about prime numbers)
conjecture has been verified for all primes below 264 ≈ 1.84×1019. If the conjecture were true, then the prime gap function g n = p n + 1 − p n {\displaystyle...
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Fermat number (redirect from Fermat prime)
If 2k + 1 is prime and k > 0, then k itself must be a power of 2, so 2k + 1 is a Fermat number; such primes are called Fermat primes. As of 2023[update]...
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Double Mersenne number (redirect from Double mersenne prime)
number that is prime is called a double Mersenne prime. Since a Mersenne number Mp can be prime only if p is prime, (see Mersenne prime for a proof), a...
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mathematics, a primorial prime is a prime number of the form pn# ± 1, where pn# is the primorial of pn (i.e. the product of the first n primes). Primality tests...
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cluster primes. Unsolved problem in mathematics: Are there infinitely many cluster primes? (more unsolved problems in mathematics) The prime gap preceding...
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and Torres Strait Islander people. In the Prime Minister's Foreword to the Closing the Gap Report 2019, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that while some...
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Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) insurance (also known as GAPS) was established in the North American financial industry. GAP insurance protects the borrower...
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Bertrand's postulate (category Prime numbers)
sum of primes (and 1) using each at most once. The only harmonic number that is an integer is the number 1. Oppermann's conjecture Prime gap Proof of...
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