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In this article we present method of solving some additive problems with primes. The method may be employed to the Goldbach-Euler conjecture and the twin primes conjecture. The presented method also makes it possible to obtain some…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2017-01-10 Andrei Allakhverdov

Statistical distribution of the primes in an arithmetic progression is considered. The estimation of prime numbers is given and combinatorial methods are used to calculate the twin primes on the available interval. The distribution and…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2019-02-28 Nurlan N. Tashatov , Alua S. Turginbayeva , Serik A. Altynbek

The distribution of prime constellations, such as Twin Primes ($p, p+2$), is traditionally analyzed via probabilistic models or analytic sieve theory. While heuristic predictions are accurate, rigorous proofs are obstructed by the "Parity…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Alexander Caicedo , Julio C. Ramos-Fernández

A sieve is constructed for twin primes at distance 4, which are of the form 3(2m+1)+/-2, and are characterized by their twin-4 rank 2m+1. It has no parity problem. Non-ranks are identified as all other odd numbers and counted using odd…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-04-25 H. J. Weber

We present a novel approach to the Twin Prime Conjecture, basing on the $6x \pm 1$ representation of primes. By defining so-called twin prime generators $x \in \N$, for which both $6x - 1$ and $6x + 1$ are prime, we reformulate the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Berndt Gensel

We establish, via a formal/heuristic Fourier inversion calculation, that the Hardy-Littlewood twin prime conjecture is equivalent to an asymptotic formula for the two-point correlation function of Riemann zeros at a height $E$ on the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-04 J. P. Keating , D. J. Smith

We address the question of the infinitude of twin and cousin prime pairs from a probabilistic perspective. Our approach partitions the set of integer numbers greater than $2$ in finite intervals of the form $[p_{n-1}^2,p_n^2)$, $p_{n-1}$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-03 Daniele Bufalo , Michele Bufalo , Felice Iavernaro

Most prime gaps results have been proven using tools from analytic or algebraic number theory in the last few centuries. In this paper, we would like to present some probabilistic way of proving many essential results. A major component of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-10-21 Buxin Su

We investigate integers whose base $g$ expansion omits a fixed digit and which can be represented as a sum of two prime squares. In the first part of the paper, we apply the Hardy--Littlewood circle method to obtain asymptotic formulas for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Cihan Sabuncu

This paper analyzes the emergence and distribution of potential twin primes, pairs of integers that are both relatively prime to the first n primes or to a given set M of primes, and which are the breeding grounds of true twin primes. It…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-07-16 George F. Grob

We study an LCM-based analogue of Rowland's GCD-based prime-generating recurrence, introduced by the author in 2008. The multiplicative increments of this sequence are conjectured always to be $1$ or prime, but a complete proof requires a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-22 Benoit Cloitre

In 1922 Hardy and Littlewood proposed a conjecture on the asymptotic density of admissible prime k-tuples. In 2011 Wolf computed the "Skewes number" for twin primes, i.e., the first prime at which a reversal of the Hardy-Littlewood…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-08 László Tóth

Let $a_0\in\{0,\dots,9\}$. We show there are infinitely many prime numbers which do not have the digit $a_0$ in their decimal expansion. The proof is an application of the Hardy-Littlewood circle method to a binary problem, and rests on…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-30 James Maynard

We suggest other models of sieve generated sequences like the Sieve of Eratosthenes to explain randomness properties of the prime numbers, like the twin prime conjecture, the lim sup conjecture, the Riemann conjecture, and the prime number…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-06 Leonard E. Baum

A group of infinite products over low-order rational polynomials evaluated at the sequence of prime numbers is loosely called the Hardy-Littlewood constants. In this manuscript we look at them as factors embedded in a super-product over…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-01-12 Richard J. Mathar

Special prime families (twin, Sophie Germain, safe, cousin, sexy, Chen, and isolated primes) are central objects of analytic number theory, yet no efficiently computable probabilistic filter exists for identifying likely members among known…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Manik Kakkar

We present some new ideas on important problems related to primes. The topics of our discussion are: simple formulae for primes, twin primes, Sophie Germain primes, prime tuples less than or equal to a predefined number, and their…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Dhananjay P. Mehendale

We introduce a modification of the linear sieve whose weights satisfy strong factorization properties, and consequently equidistribute primes up to size $x$ in arithmetic progressions to moduli up to $x^{10/17}$. This surpasses the level of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-15 Jared Duker Lichtman

All the known approximations of the number of primes pi(n) not exceeding any given integer n are derived from real-valued functions that are asymptotic to pi(x), such as x/log x, Li(x) and Riemann's function R(x). The degree of…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2015-12-31 Bhupinder Singh Anand

Here we demonstrate a sieve for analysing primes and their composites, using equivalence classes based on the modulo 6 return value as applied to the Natural numbers. Five features of this 'Hexile' sieve are reviewed. The first aspect, is…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2012-02-28 Roger Creft