Expected gaps between prime numbers

MaRDI QIDQ6205839zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Fred B. Holt

Publication date 6 June 2007

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Congruences; primitive roots; residue systems (11A07) Primes (11A41) Distribution of primes (11N05)

Abstract: We study the gaps between consecutive prime numbers directly through Eratosthenes sieve. Using elementary methods, we identify a recursive relation for these gaps and for specific sequences of consecutive gaps, known as constellations. Using this recursion we can estimate the numbers of a gap or of a constellation that occur between a prime and its square. This recursion also has explicit implications for open questions about gaps between prime numbers, including three questions posed by Erd"os and Tur'an.

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