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Average prime-pair counting formula

Number Theory 2015-05-13 v1

Abstract

Taking r>0r>0, let π2r(x)\pi_{2r}(x) denote the number of prime pairs (p,p+2r)(p, p+2r) with pxp\le x. The prime-pair conjecture of Hardy and Littlewood (1923) asserts that π2r(x)2C2rli2(x)\pi_{2r}(x)\sim 2C_{2r} {\rm li}_2(x) with an explicit constant C2r>0C_{2r}>0. There seems to be no good conjecture for the remainders ω2r(x)=π2r(x)2C2rli2(x)\omega_{2r}(x)=\pi_{2r}(x)- 2C_{2r} {\rm li}_2(x) that corresponds to Riemann's formula for π(x)li(x)\pi(x)-{\rm li}(x). However, there is a heuristic approximate formula for averages of the remainders ω2r(x)\omega_{2r}(x) which is supported by numerical results.

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@article{arxiv.0902.4352,
  title  = {Average prime-pair counting formula},
  author = {Jaap Korevaar and Herman te Riele},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.4352},
  year   = {2015}
}

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26 pages, 6 figures

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