The distribution of small gaps between successive primes
21. R. P. Brent,
The distribution of small gaps between successive primes,
Mathematics of Computation 28 (1974), 315-324.
MR 48#8356.
Tables deposited in Mathematics of Computation UMT file
and reviewed by Daniel Shanks, ibid, 331-332.
Abstract:
dvi (2K),
pdf (81K),
ps (28K).
Paper:
pdf (744K).
Review by Shanks of tables deposited in UMT file:
pdf (170K).
Related, previously unpublished tables (dated 1 January 1970):
pdf (604K).
[These are not the tables reviewed by Shanks.]
Abstract
For r > 0 and large N,
a well-known conjecture of Hardy and Littlewood
implies that the number of primes p < N
such that p+2r is the least
prime greater than p is asymptotic to
an integral involving certain constants
Ar,k
(see the
dvi,
ps or
pdf version of the abstract for details).
We describe a method for computing
these constants. Related constants are given to 10D for
r = 1(1)40,
and some empirical evidence supporting the conjecture is mentioned.
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