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Unconditional Prime-representing Functions, Following Mills

Number Theory 2020-04-06 v1

Abstract

Mills proved that there exists a real constant A>1A>1 such that for all nNn\in \mathbb{N} the values A3n\lfloor A^{3^n}\rfloor are prime numbers. No explicit value of AA is known, but assuming the Riemann hypothesis one can choose A=1.3063778838.A= 1.3063778838\ldots . Here we give a first unconditional variant: A1010n\lfloor A^{10^{10n}}\rfloor is prime, where A=1.00536773279814724017A=1.00536773279814724017\ldots can be computed to millions of digits. Similarly, A313n\lfloor A^{3^{13n}}\rfloor is prime, with A=3.8249998073439146171615551375.A=3.8249998073439146171615551375\ldots .

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@article{arxiv.2004.01285,
  title  = {Unconditional Prime-representing Functions, Following Mills},
  author = {Christian Elsholtz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.01285},
  year   = {2020}
}
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