S000081


Primes p at which (nextprime(p) - p) / (p - prevprime(p)) is a new record low.

3, 5, 11, 29, 127, 149, 521, 1151, 2999, 6947, 10007, 25301, 28277, 35729, 102761, 173429, 371027, 461801, 576881, 838349, 1562051, 6371537, 7230479, 27980987, 53231051, 70396589, 195208439, 253878617, 465828731, 555142307, 1692327137

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In the paper below, Pintz proves theorems about these numbers, but does not display them. The ratio (nextprime(p) - p) / (p - prevprime(p)) for these 31 primes varies from 2 to 1/144.

T. D. Noe, Plot of 31 terms

Janos Pintz, On the ratio of consecutive gaps between primes, arXiv 1406.2658, Jun 10 2014.

(Mma) mn = 10; t = {}; Do[f = (Prime[n + 1] - Prime[n])/(Prime[n] - Prime[n - 1]); If[f < mn, mn = f; AppendTo[t, {Prime[n], f}]], {n, 2, 1000000}]; Transpose[t][[1]]

Cf. S000080 (record highs), S000082 (highs and lows).

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T. D. Noe, Jun 12 2014

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