Models for gaps $g=2p_1$
Abstract
We have shown previously that at each stage of Eratosthenes sieve there is a corresponding cycle of gaps . 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 if we can get the initial conditions from . In this addendum we have shown that we can produce the model for from these initial conditions. This model requires one special iteration to track the count from to , after which we can use the general model for these populations. As a specific example we exhibit the model for the gap using for initial conditions. We show further that in order to produce the models for and beyond from initial conditions in , we would have to track subpopulations of the driving terms until the general model applies, that is until . 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.
Cite
@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