A prime prime primer

In this paper we study a sequence involving the prime numbers by deriving two asymptotic formulas and finding new upper and lower bounds, which improve the currently known estimates.

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.

An elementary method for computing various prime sequences using the sequence of Farey sequences is described.

In this document, prime numbers are related as functions over time, mimicking the Sieve of Eratosthenes. For this purpose, the mathematical representation is a uni-dimentional time line depicting the number line for positive natural numbers N, where each number n represents a time t. In the same way as the Eratosthenes' sieve, which iteratively mark as composite the multiples of each prime, starting at each prime. This dynamical prime number function P(s) zero-cross all compo...

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 describes cyclical patterns of their location across the number line and provides a formula for counting them.

The analysis of regularities and randomness in the distribution of prime numbers remains at the research frontiers for many generations of mathematicians from different groups and topical fields. In 2019 D. Fridman et al. (Am. Math. Mon. 2019, 126:1, 70-73) have suggested the constant $f_1 = 2.9200509773...$ for generation of the complete sequence of primes with using of a recursive relation for $f_n$ such that the floor function $\lfloor f_n \rfloor = p_n$, where $p_n$ is th...

Differentiable real function reproducing primes up to a given number and having a differentiable inverse function is constructed. This inverse function is compared with the Riemann-Von Mangoldt exact expression for the number of primes not exceeding a given value. Software for computation of the direct and inverse functions and their derivatives is developed. Examples of approximate solution of Diophantine equations on the primes are given.

The chronicle of prime numbers travel back thousands of years in human history. Not only the traits of prime numbers have surprised people, but also all those endeavors made for ages to find a pattern in the appearance of prime numbers has been captivating them. Until recently, it was firmly believed that prime numbers do not maintain any pattern of occurrence among themselves. This statement is conferred not to be completely true. This paper is also an attempt to discover a ...

For n=1,2,3,... define S(n) as the smallest integer m>1 such that those 2k(k-1) mod m for k=1,...,n are pairwise distinct; we show that S(n) is the least prime greater than 2n-2 and hence the value set of the function S(n) is exactly the set of all prime numbers. For every n=4,5,... we prove that the least prime p>3n with 3|p-1 is just the least positive integer m such that 18k(3k-1) (k=1,...,n) are pairwise distinct modulo m. For d=4,6,12 and n=3,4,...., we prove that the le...

In this note we describe a method for finding prime numbers as fixed points of particularly simple sequences. Some basic calculations show that success rates for identifying primes this way are over 99.9%. In particular, it seems that the set of odd primes can be obtained as fixed points of the sequence which we call A(1), the sequence of smallest divisors of triangular numbers, where the divisors are positive numbers that have not yet appeared in the sequence.