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Consecutive Piatetski-Shapiro primes based on the Hardy-Littlewood conjecture

Number Theory 2025-04-01 v3

Abstract

The Piatetski-Shapiro sequences are of the form N(c):=(nc)n=1{\mathcal{N}}^{(c)} := (\lfloor n^c \rfloor)_{n=1}^\infty with c>1,c∉Nc > 1, c \not\in \mathbb{N}. In this paper, we study the distribution of pairs (p,p#)(p, p^{\#}) of consecutive primes such that pN(c1)p \in {\mathcal{N}}^{(c_1)} and p#N(c2)p^{\#} \in {\mathcal{N}}^{(c_2)} for c1,c2>1c_1, c_2 > 1 and give a conjecture with the prime counting functions of the pairs (p,p#)(p, p^{\#}). We give a heuristic argument to support this prediction which relies on a strong form of the Hardy-Littlewood conjecture. Moreover, we prove a proposition related to the average of singular series with a weight of a complex exponential function.

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@article{arxiv.2202.06286,
  title  = {Consecutive Piatetski-Shapiro primes based on the Hardy-Littlewood conjecture},
  author = {Victor Z. Guo and Yuan Yi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.06286},
  year   = {2025}
}

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We add a new section also with more data analysis. Any comment is welcome