Dubner, Harvey

Twin prime statistics

J. Integer Seq. 8(4), Article 05.4.2, 6 p., electronic only (2005)

Summary

Summary: Hardy and Littlewood conjectured that the the number of twin primes less than $x$ is asymptotic to $2C_2\int_{2}^{x}\frac{dt}{(\log t)^{2}}$ where $C_2$ is the twin prime constant. This has been shown to give excellent results for $x$ up to about $10^{16}$. This article presents statistics supporting the accuracy of the conjecture up to $10^{600}$.

Mathematics Subject Classification

11B05, 11A41

Keywords/Phrases

prime gaps, twin primes, twin prime constant

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