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This paper introduces a new method to find the next prime number after a given prime ${P}$. The proposed method is used to derive a system of inequalities, that serve as constraints which should be satisfied by all primes whose successor is…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2020-05-07 Reema Joshi

The paper substantiates the conjecture of the asymptotic behavior of the largest distance between consecutive primes: $sup_{p_i \leq x}(p_{i+1}-p_i) \sim 2e^{-\gamma} \log^2(x)$, where $\gamma$ is the Euler constant. The Hardy-Littlewood…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Victor Volfson

Following an idea of Rowland we give a conjectural way to generate increasing sequences of primes using algorithms involving the gcd. These algorithms seem not so useless for searching primes since it appears we found sometime primes much…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Benoit Cloitre

I present a new property of prime numbers that leads to a generalization of Cramer's conjecture. The study of the gap between consecutive primes is treated as a special case of the gap between consecutive terms of sequences having a certain…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-10-12 Nilotpal Kanti Sinha

Cai and Hemachandra used iterative constant-setting to prove that Few $\subseteq$ $\oplus$P (and thus that FewP $\subseteq$ $\oplus$P). In this paper, we note that there is a tension between the nondeterministic ambiguity of the class one…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Lane A. Hemaspaandra , Mandar Juvekar , Arian Nadjimzadah , Patrick A. Phillips

We introduce a method for showing that there exist prime numbers which are very close together. The method depends on the level of distribution of primes in arithmetic progressions. Assuming the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture, we prove that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 D. A. Goldston , J. Pintz , C. Y. Yildirim

Prime numbers have fascinated mathematicians since antiquity, with ongoing efforts to uncover both their properties and ever-larger examples. While giant primes rarely aid cryptography, they find use in areas such as locally decodable…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Durba Bhattacharya , Sucharita Roy , Sourabh Bhattacharya

In this paper we attack the Erdos-Straus conjecture by means of the structure of its solutions, extending and improving the results of a previous paper. Using previous results and supported by the works of Elsholtz and Tao and Monks and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-17 Miguel Angel Lopez

Using Duke's large sieve inequality for Hecke Gr{\"o}ssencharaktere and the new sieve methods of Maynard and Tao, we prove a general result on gaps between primes in the context of multidimensional Hecke equidistribution. As an application,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-13 Jesse Thorner

Question 10208b (1992) of the American Mathematical Monthly asked: does there exist an increasing sequence $\{a_k\}$ of positive integers and a constant $B > 0$ having the property that $\{ a_k + n\}$ contains no more than $B$ primes for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Christian Elsholtz

We catalog known optical moir\'e lattices and uncover exotic lattice configurations following a geometric analog of the ancient sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm for finding prime numbers. Rich dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates loaded…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-03-07 Dmitry Kouznetsov , Pol Van Dorpe , Niels Verellen

We introduce a minimal model of multilevel selection on structured populations, considering the interplay between game theory and population dynamics. Through a bottleneck process, finite groups are formed with cooperators and defectors…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2023-10-02 Jeferson J. Arenzon , Luca Peliti

We present an algorithm analogous to the sieve of Eratosthenes that produces the list of twin primes. Next, we count the number of twin primes resulting from the construction with two different heuristic arguments. The first method is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-24 Jon S. Birdsey , Geza Schay

The following is proven using arguments that do not revolve around the Riemann Hypothesis or Sieve Theory. If $p_n$ is the $n^{\rm th}$ prime and $g_n=p_{n+1}-p_n$, then $g_n=O({p_n}^{2/3})$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Madieyna Diouf

We give an estimation of the existence density for the $2d$ different primes by using a new and simple algorithm for getting the $2d$ different primes. The algorithm is a kind of the sieve method, but the remainders are the central numbers…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-27 Minoru Fujimoto , Kunihiko Uehara

We investigate the behaviour of a certain additive function depending on prime divisors of specific integers lying in large gaps between consecutive primes. The result is obtained by a combination of results and ideas related to large gaps…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Michael Th. Rassias

An overview of the results of new exhaustive computations of gaps between primes in arithmetic progressions is presented. We also give new numerical results for exceptionally large least primes in arithmetic progressions.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-06 Martin Raab

We put forward a conjecture of recurrence for a gas of hard spheres that collide elastically in a finite volume. The dynamics consists of a sequence of instantaneous binary collisions. We study how the numbers of collisions of different…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-27 Alexander Jonathan Vidgop , Itzhak Fouxon

For $n \geq 1$ let $ p_n $ denote the $n^{\rm th}$ prime number. Let $$S= \{1,7,11,13,17,19,23,29 \},$$ the set of positive integers which are both less than and relatively prime to $30.$ For $ x \geq 0,$ let \\ $T_x := \{ 30x+i \; | \; i…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2024-07-29 Mbakiso F. Mothebe , Dintle N. Kagiso , Ben T. Modise

We examine the prime gaps using a statistical approach. It is first shown that the Andrica's conjecture is true for half or more cases. Using the arguments of averages, it is further shown that Andrica's conjecture is true. We further…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2017-03-01 Sameen Ahmed Khan