Integer Complexity: Experimental and Analytical Results
Abstract
We consider representing of natural numbers by arithmetical expressions using ones, addition, multiplication and parentheses. The (integer) complexity of n -- denoted by ||n|| -- is defined as the number of ones in the shortest expressions representing n. We arrive here very soon at the problems that are easy to formulate, but (it seems) extremely hard to solve. In this paper we represent our attempts to explore the field by means of experimental mathematics. Having computed the values of ||n|| up to 10^12 we present our observations. One of them (if true) implies that there is an infinite number of Sophie Germain primes, and even that there is an infinite number of Cunningham chains of length 4 (at least). We prove also some analytical results about integer complexity.
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@article{arxiv.1203.6462,
title = {Integer Complexity: Experimental and Analytical Results},
author = {Jānis Iraids and Kaspars Balodis and Juris Čerņenoks and Mārtiņš Opmanis and Rihards Opmanis and Kārlis Podnieks},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.6462},
year = {2012}
}
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26 pages, 4 figures (included), submitted to Scientific Papers, University of Latvia (http://www.lu.lv/apgads/izdevumi/lu-raksti-pdf/) in 23.03.2012