Primitive root bias for twin primes
Number Theory
2021-02-05 v4
Abstract
Numerical evidence suggests that for only about of pairs of twin primes, has more primitive roots than does . If this occurs, we say that is exceptional (there are only two exceptional pairs with ). Assuming the Bateman-Horn conjecture, we prove that at least of twin prime pairs are exceptional and at least are not exceptional. We also conjecture a precise formula for the proportion of exceptional twin primes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1705.02485,
title = {Primitive root bias for twin primes},
author = {Stephan Ramon Garcia and Elvis Kahoro and Florian Luca},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.02485},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
17 pages, to appear in Experimental Mathematics