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Analog of the Skewes number for twin primes

Number Theory 2008-01-15 v2

Abstract

The results of the computer investigation of the sign changes of the difference between the number of twin primes π2(x)\pi_2(x) and the Hardy--Littlewood conjecture c2\Li2(x)c_2\Li_2(x) are reported. It turns out that π2(x)c2\Li2(x)\pi_2(x) - c_2\Li_2(x) changes the sign at unexpectedly low values of xx and for x<242x<2^{42} there are over 90000 sign changes of this difference. It is conjectured that the number of sign changes of π2(x)c2\Li2(x)\pi_2(x) - c_2\Li_2(x) for x(1,T)x\in (1, T) is given by T/log(T)\sqrt T/\log(T).

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@article{arxiv.0707.0980,
  title  = {Analog of the Skewes number for twin primes},
  author = {Marek Wolf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0980},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Changes: New Figure 1 and a few sentences of justification in favor of the conjecture (5) are made