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Models for gaps $g=2p_1$

General Mathematics 2023-10-03 v2

Abstract

We have shown previously that at each stage of Eratosthenes sieve there is a corresponding cycle of gaps G(p0#)\mathcal{G}(p_0^\#). We can view these cycles of gaps as a discrete dynamic system, and from this system we can obtain exact models for the populations and relative populations of gaps g<2p1g < 2p_1 if we can get the initial conditions from G(p0#)\mathcal{G}(p_0^\#). In this addendum we have shown that we can produce the model for g=2p1g=2p_1 from these initial conditions. This model requires one special iteration to track the count from G(p0#)\mathcal{G}(p_0^\#) to G(p1#)\mathcal{G}(p_1^\#), after which we can use the general model for these populations. As a specific example we exhibit the model for the gap g=82g=82 using G(37#)\mathcal{G}(37^\#) for initial conditions. We show further that in order to produce the models for g=2p1+2g=2p_1+2 and beyond from initial conditions in G(p0#)\mathcal{G}(p_0^\#), we would have to track subpopulations of the driving terms until the general model applies, that is until g<2pk+1g < 2p_{k+1}. This work serves as an addendum to the existing references "Patterns among the Primes" and "Combinatorics of the gaps between primes". We do not duplicate that background here, beyond summarizing a few needed results.

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@article{arxiv.2309.16833,
  title  = {Models for gaps $g=2p_1$},
  author = {Fred B. Holt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.16833},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages, 1 figure

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