Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-31, 15:29
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As the layman I am, I'm having a surprisingly...
As the layman I am, I'm having a surprisingly difficult time understanding this.
The paper looks well written, but it seems to merely provide a more complicated way of stating what is already known...
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-31, 15:20
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Replies: 226
Views: 33,358
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-27, 17:59
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,254
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Forum: And now for something completely different
2020-12-21, 18:39
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Replies: 4
Views: 343
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-21, 18:30
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,254
Updates are tedious but necessary
My monthly tribute to the world of number theory.
Largest CSG found during the past 4.3 weeks: 1.264846947 (p=113,109,089 / q=3,745,830)
max. p searched:
q <= 1000:...
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-17, 21:09
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Replies: 9
Views: 586
That doesn't quite answer all of my questions,...
That doesn't quite answer all of my questions, but since sending files via PM isn't allowed (AFAICT) I'm going to make a regular submission in the next couple of days. Or weeks. When I'm in the right...
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-11, 20:21
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Replies: 226
Views: 33,358
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-11, 20:19
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Replies: 9
Views: 586
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-08, 17:52
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Replies: 9
Views: 586
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-12-08, 17:39
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Replies: 124
Views: 17,240
That's amazing! Excellent work!
(Now I only...
That's amazing! Excellent work!
(Now I only need to wrap my head around running the program... things like building GMP and compiling libraries is something I haven't actually done much yet :blush:)
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Forum: Lounge
2020-12-08, 17:05
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,100
Ay, there's the rub: how much knowledge can I...
Ay, there's the rub: how much knowledge can I retain? I'd have no problems disguising what a ten-year-old is unlikely to know. But resetting the brain together with the body would mean going through...
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Forum: Lounge
2020-12-05, 15:55
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,100
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-11-22, 20:06
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,254
Quite a difference, yes. The difference between...
Quite a difference, yes. The difference between my unconventional CSG and the formula with the initial prime p1 is even bigger than the one between my formula and the conventional which uses p2, and...
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-11-21, 16:42
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,254
TWIMC
max. p searched:
q <= 1000: 1.748e+13
1000 < q <= 2690: 8.734e+12
2690 < q <= 1e+5: 1.435e+11
1e+5 < q <= 2e+5: 4.730e+10
2e+5 < q <= 5e+5: 3.205e+10
5e+5 < q <= 1e+6: 2.050e+10
1e+6 <...
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Forum: Lounge
2020-11-21, 16:14
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Replies: 1,087
Views: 77,224
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2020-11-19, 18:09
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Replies: 10
Views: 800
I have to say I'm quite astounded about how big...
I have to say I'm quite astounded about how big of a deal this discovery seems to be.
If I had done some of those calculations and found out how primes (in base 10) with the same end digits seemed...
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-11-14, 12:14
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Replies: 226
Views: 33,358
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-11-09, 20:41
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Replies: 226
Views: 33,358
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-11-09, 14:20
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Replies: 226
Views: 33,358
Naturally, twin primes are rarer, so the gaps...
Naturally, twin primes are rarer, so the gaps between them are more numerous.
I was a bit lazy to finish my range, but new results should arrive this week.
Looking at arXiv: 1807.08777 (J. P....
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Forum: Lounge
2020-11-01, 10:37
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Replies: 447
Views: 21,899
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-10-29, 20:58
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Replies: 124
Views: 17,240
It was the scene where Goofy and Max were...
It was the scene where Goofy and Max were approaching the most important junction of their trip, and Goofy asked whether they go left or right, and Max took a long time until, at the last second, he...
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Forum: Number Theory Discussion Group
2020-10-27, 18:17
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,967
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Forum: Number Theory Discussion Group
2020-10-23, 18:38
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,967
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Forum: Prime Gap Searches
2020-10-23, 18:24
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Replies: 124
Views: 17,240
I'm aware of Maier's paper, and I understand it...
I'm aware of Maier's paper, and I understand it for the most part (though I have to examine his 1981 paper again...). The main result is, with respect to the problem of gaps >= log2p, that there are...
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Forum: Number Theory Discussion Group
2020-10-23, 16:12
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,967
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