Characterization of the Distribution of Twin Primes
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Publication:6471002
arXivmath/0103191MaRDI QIDQ6471002FDOQ6471002
Authors: P. F. Kelly, Terry Pilling 
Publication date: 27 March 2001
Abstract: We adopt an empirical approach to the characterization of the distribution of twin primes within the set of primes, rather than in the set of all natural numbers. The occurrences of twin primes in any finite sequence of primes are like fixed probability random events. As the sequence of primes grows, the probability decreases as the reciprocal of the count of primes to that point. The manner of the decrease is consistent with the Hardy--Littlewood Conjecture, the Prime Number Theorem, and the Twin Prime Conjecture. Furthermore, our probabilistic model, is simply parameterized. We discuss a simple test which indicates the consistency of the model extrapolated outside of the range in which it was constructed.
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