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For earlier considered our sequence A166944 in [4] we prove three statements of its connection with twin primes. We also give a sufficient condition for the infinity of twin primes and pose several new conjectures; among them we propose a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-01-11 Vladimir Shevelev

We consider a variant on the Tetranacci sequence, where one adds the previous four terms, then divides the sum by two until the result is odd. We give an algorithm for constructing "initially division-poor" sequences, where over an initial…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-04 Jeremy F. Alm , Taylor Herald , Ellen Rammelkamp Miller , Dave Sexton

Given an initial family of sets, we may take unions, intersections and complements of the sets contained in this family in order to form a new collection of sets; our construction process is done recursively until we obtain the last family.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Jorge Garcia , Rosemarie Bongers , Jonathan Detgen , Walter Morales

Let p1, p2,..., pn be distinct prime numbers, and let Nn be their product. We prove that, for any positive integer L that is divisible by the least common multiple of p1 minus one, p2 minus one, and so on, and for integers a1, a2,..., an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Shao-Yuan Huang , Hsiu-Yu Wu

In the paper, the occurrence of zeros and ones in the binary expansion of the primes is studied. In particular the statement in the title is established. The proof is unconditional.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-11-16 Jean Bourgain

We present a constant and a recursive relation to define a sequence $f_n$ such that the floor of $f_n$ is the $n$th prime. Therefore, this constant generates the complete sequence of primes. We also show this constant is irrational and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-11-02 Dylan Fridman , Juli Garbulsky , Bruno Glecer , James Grime , Massi Tron Florentin

In this short paper we present an elementary proof of the infinitude of primes. Our proof is similar in spirit to Euler's proof that the reciprocals of primes diverges and only uses tools from elementary number theory and calculus. In…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2019-01-01 Sandeep Silwal

Let $\epsilon\in \{-1,1\}$. A sequence of prime numbers $p_1, p_2, p_3, ...$, such that $p_i=2p_{i-1}+\epsilon$ for all $i$, is called a {\it Cunningham chain} of the first or second kind, depending on whether $\epsilon =1$ or -1…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-04-11 Lenny Jones

A modified Lagrange Polynomial is introduced for polynomial extrapolation, which can be used to estimate the equally spaced values of a polynomial function. As an example of its application, this article presents a prime-generating…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2024-01-18 Dileep Sivaraman , Branesh M. Pillai , Jackrit Suthakorn , Songpol Ongwattanakul

We study the distribution of palindromic numbers (with respect to a fixed base $g\ge 2$) over certain congruence classes, and we derive a nontrivial upper bound for the number of prime palindromes $n\le x$ as $x\to\infty$. Our results show…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 William D. Banks , Derrick N. Hart , Mayumi Sakata

Prime number multiplet classifications and patterns are extended to negative integers. The extension from prime numbers to single prime powers is also studied. Prime number septets at equal distance are given. It is also shown that each…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-03-26 H. J. Weber

This work is meant to demonstrate new class of prime numbers -- cyclic prime numbers, that can be derived from any prime number at certain numeric systems. Cyclic prime numbers are also related to the cyclic numbers and full reptend prime…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Konstantin Kutsenko

The ternary Goldbach conjecture states that every odd number $m \geqslant 7$ can be written as the sum of three primes. We construct a set of primes $\mathbb{P}$ defined by an expanding system of admissible congruences such that almost all…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-16 Debmalya Basak , Raghavendra N. Bhat , Anji Dong , Alexandru Zaharescu

For $n=1,2,3,\ldots$ let $S_n$ be the sum of the first $n$ primes. We mainly show that the sequence $a_n=\root n\of{S_n/n}\ (n=1,2,3,\ldots)$ is strictly decreasing, and moreover the sequence $a_{n+1}/a_n\ (n=10,11,\ldots)$ is strictly…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-01 Zhi-Wei Sun

The famous strongly binary Goldbach's conjecture asserts that every even number $2n \geq 8$ can always be expressible as the sum of two distinct odd prime numbers. We use a new approach to dealing with this conjecture. Specifically, we…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-05 Liguo He , Xianyu Hu

It is shown that the first $n$ prime numbers $p_1,...,p_n$ determine the next one by the recursion equation $$ p_{n+1} =\lim\limits_{s\to +\infty} [\prod\limits^n_{k=1} (1-\frac{1}{p^s_k}) \sum\limits^\infty_{j=1} \frac{1}{j^s} -1]^{-1/s}.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-10-06 Joseph B. Keller

One of the most popular and studied recursive series is the Fibonacci sequence. It is challenging to see how Fibonacci numbers can be used to generate other recursive sequences. In our article, we describe some families of integer…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-25 Kálmán Liptai , László Németh , Tamás Szakács , László Szalay

Deciding the positivity of a sequence defined by a linear recurrence with polynomial coefficients and initial condition is difficult in general. Even in the case of recurrences with constant coefficients, it is known to be decidable only…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Alaa Ibrahim , Bruno Salvy

If p is a prime, then the numbers 1, 2, ..., p-1 form a group under multiplication modulo p. A number g that generates this group is called a primitive root of p; i.e., g is such that every number between 1 and p-1 can be written as a power…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Ruben Gamboa , Woodrow Gamboa

We pose 100 new conjectures on representations involving primes or related things, which might interest number theorists and stimulate further research. Below are five typical examples: (i) For any positive integer $n$, there exists…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-12-04 Zhi-Wei Sun