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On a sequence involving sums of primes

Number Theory 2013-11-01 v7 Combinatorics

Abstract

For n=1,2,3,n=1,2,3,\ldots let SnS_n be the sum of the first nn primes. We mainly show that the sequence an=\rootn\ofSn/n (n=1,2,3,)a_n=\root n\of{S_n/n}\ (n=1,2,3,\ldots) is strictly decreasing, and moreover the sequence an+1/an (n=10,11,)a_{n+1}/a_n\ (n=10,11,\ldots) is strictly increasing. We also formulate similar conjectures involving twin primes or partitions of integers.

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@article{arxiv.1207.7059,
  title  = {On a sequence involving sums of primes},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.7059},
  year   = {2013}
}

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10 pages

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