what is this prime empty zone

Apr 06, 2016 4 Replies

Hi,



Using these definitions:



Prime pair of n definition: For a given number n and for two primes x and y, with x between n-n and n and y between n and n+n, if n-x is equal to y-n then x and y are called a prime pair z(x y) of n.


Primal pair: For prime pair z(x y) if n-x is a prime number then prime pair z is called a primal pair Z(x y). It follows if n-x is a prime number then y-n is also a prime number as y-n = n-x


Primorial numbers n, ie 6, 30, 210, 2310, 30030 and to a lesser extent multiples of primorials ie 30,60,90,..240, etc have more primal pair's Z associated with them than any other numbers.



The count of primal pair's Z increases with larger primorial numbers n.



The distribution of the primal pair's Z for a given n occurs in the range n-n to n+n, in other words every number n can have primal pairs in the range from zero to n+n, which is why for larger numbers the count of primal pair's Z increases.


I created this graph with numbers 0 to 8167 on the x-axis, and the y-axis is the Z(count) for each number.



As can be seen there is a large gap between the numbers that have a Z(count) = 0, and the other numbers (primorial multiples) that have Z(count) greater than zero.



What causes this big gap? It is a bit strange as the gap being there basically is saying there is a whole range of Z(counts) for any n that can't occur.



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cheers, Jamie


Sorry small correction, that should say:

Prime pair of n definition:

For a given number n and for two primes x and y

with x between n-n

and y between n and n+n

if n-x is equal to y-n

then x and y are called a prime pair z(x y) of n.

Oh I figured it out, it just shows that the prime numbers are VERY reliably statistically distributed as would be expected based on the n's primorial multiples.

ie here is a random sample of n's and their associated Z(count)'s

n Z(count)

528 21 529 0 530 0 531 0 532 0 533 0 534 15 535 0 536 0 537 0 538 0 539 0 540 31 541 0 542 0 543 0 544 1 545 0 546 26 547 0 548 0 549 0 550 1 551 0 552 18 553 0

The Z(count) > 1 are much greater than 1 reliably as seen in the graph.

cheers, Jamie

the problem is the gap between your ears.

Bye Jack

You mean there's a lot of prime real estate in my head right?

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