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A333586
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Skewes numbers for prime n-tuples p1, p2, ..., pn, with p2 - p1 = 2.
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5
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OFFSET
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2,1
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COMMENTS
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a(n) is the least prime p1 starting an n-tuple of consecutive primes p1, ..., pn of minimal span pn - p1, with first gap p2 - p1 = 2, such that the difference of the occurrence count of these n-tuples and the prediction by the first Hardy-Littlewood conjecture has its first sign change. When more than one such tuple exists, the n-tuple with the lexicographically earliest sequence of gaps is chosen.
These primes are called Skewes's (or Skewes) numbers for prime k-tuples in analogy to the definition for single primes. See Tóth's article for details.
a(2) is the Skewes number for twin primes, first computed by Wolf (2011).
The minimal span s(n) = pn - p1 of the n-tuples with an initial gap of 2 is s(2) = 2, s(3) = 6, s(4) = 8, s(5) = 12, s(6) = 18, s(7) = 20, s(8) = 26.
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LINKS
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Wikipedia, Twin prime, First Hardy-Littlewood conjecture.
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EXAMPLE
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For n=6 two types of prime 6-tuples with first gap = 2 starting at p exist:
[p, p+2, p+6, p+8, p+12, p+18] and [p, p+2, p+8, p+12, p+14, p+18]. The first one has the lexicographically earlier sequence of gaps and is therefore chosen. The Hardy-Littlewood prediction for the number of such 6-tuples with p <= P is (C_6*15^5/2^13)*Integral_{x=2..P} 1/log(x)^6 dx with C_6 given in A269846. The 15049-th 6-tuple starting with a(6)=204540143441 is the first one for which n/Integral_{x=2..a(6)} 1/log(x)^6 dx = 17.29864469487 exceeds C_6*15^5/2^13 = 17.29861231158.
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PROG
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(PARI) Li(x, n)=intnum(t=2, n, 1/log(t)^x);
\\ a(4)
C4=0.307494878758327093123354486071076853*(27/2); \\ A065419
\\ Start at 5 to exclude "fake" 4-tuple 3, 5, 7, 11
p1=5; p2=7; p3=11; n=0; forprime(p=13, 10^9, if(p-p1==8&&p-p2==6, n++; d=n-C4*Li(4, p3); if(d>=0, print(p1, " ", n, ">", C4*Li(4, p)); break)); p1=p2; p2=p3; p3=p);
\\ a(5)
C5=(15^4/2^11)*0.409874885088236474478781212337955277896358; \\ A269843
p1=3; p2=5; p3=7; p4=11; n=0; forprime(p=13, 10^9, if(p-p1==12&&p-p2==10, n++; d=n-C5*Li(5, p4); if(d>=0, print(p1, " ", n, ">", C5*Li(5, p)); break)); p1=p2; p2=p3; p3=p4; p4=p);
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CROSSREFS
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The sequence of Skewes numbers always choosing the prime n-tuplets with minimal span, irrespective of the first gap, is A210439, and its variant A332493.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,hard,more
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AUTHOR
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EXTENSIONS
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STATUS
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approved
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