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Negative moments of the gaps between consecutive primes

Number Theory 2018-06-08 v2

Abstract

We derive heuristically approximate formulas for the negative kk--moments Mk(x)M_{-k}(x) of the gaps between consecutive primes<x<x represented directly by π(x)\pi(x) --- the number of primes up to xx. In particular we propose an analytical formula for the sum of reciprocals of gaps between consecutive primes <x: M1(x)π2(x)x2π(x)log(x2π(x))xloglog(x)/log2(x)<x : ~ M_{-1}(x)\sim \frac{\pi^2(x)}{x-2\pi(x)}\log\Big(\frac{x}{2\pi(x)}\Big) \sim x \log \log(x)/\log^2(x). We illustrate obtained results by the enormous computer data up to x=4×1018x=4\times 10^{18}.

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@article{arxiv.1805.04940,
  title  = {Negative moments of the gaps between consecutive primes},
  author = {Marek Wolf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.04940},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Many improvements and changes. Apparently for the first time the analytical formula for the sum of reciprocals of gaps between consecutive primes is presented