Properties of higher-order prime number sequences

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Publication:2072017



Abstract: In this paper, we analyze properties of prime number sequences produced by the alternating sum of higher-order subsequences of the primes. We also introduce a new sieve which will generate these prime number sequences via the systematic selection and elimination of prime number indexes on the real number line.


Let us consider the sequence of prime numbers \(\mathbb{P}=\{p_i\}_{i\geq 1}\) and let us denote by \(P^{(1)}=\mathbb{P}\) the set of prime numbers. Then, we define \(P^{(2)}\) the set of prime numbers \(\{p_j:j\in P^{(1)}\}\). In this manner we can recursively define a family of sets \(P^{(k)}=\{p_j:j\in P^{(k-1)}\}\) for every \(k\geq 2\). Several properties of these sets are studied. For example, the following interesting result is proved: There exists a unique \(I\subset\mathbb{P}\) such that \(\mathbb{P}=I\cup \{p_j:j\in I\}\) and \(I\cap \{p_j:j\in I\}=\emptyset\).





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