On the distribution of prime multiplets

Details On the distribution of prime multiplets On the distribution of prime multiplets

2003-04-29

arxiv.org/abs/math/0304477v4

Mathematics

Number Theory

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The probability of finding a prime multiplet, i.e., a sequence of primes $p$ and $p+a_i$, $i=1... m$, being all primes where $p$ is some prime less than the integer $n$ is naively $1/log(n)^{m+1}$. It is shown that, in reality, it is proportional to this probability by a constant factor which depends on $a_i$ and $m$ but not on $n$, for large $n$. These constants are appellated as PDF (prime distribution factors). Moreover, it is argued that the PDF depend on the $a_i$ in a "week" way, only on the prime factors of the differences $a_i-a_j$ and not on their exponents. For example $p$ and $p+2^s$ will have the exact same probability for all integer $s>0$. The exact formulae for the PDF ratios are given. Moreover, the actual 'basic' PDF's are calculated exactly and are shown to be bigger than 1, which indicates that primes 'repel' each other. An exact asymptotic formula for the number of basic multiplets is given.

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