Re: Another twin primes conjecture
From: Gerry Myerson (gerry_at_maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email)
Date: 06/25/04
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:20:33 +1000
In article <20040624202224.19227.00000686@mb-m06.aol.com>,
haoyuep@aol.com (Dan Hoey) wrote:
> Gerry Myerson wrote:
> [...]
> > haoyuep@aol.com (Dan Hoey) wrote:
> [...]
> >> I believe both conjectures are implied by the conjecture
> >> mentioned in the OEIS
> >> http://www.research.att.com/projects/OEIS?Anum=A091592
> >> that there is a pair of twin primes between n^2 and n^2+1 for
> >> every n > 122.
> >
> >I sure hope that's a typo.
>
> I don't see what you mean, unless you're hoping that I wasn't
> dismissing the special cases n < 123 as insignificant. If so,
> sorry.
I mean I'll be very surprised if there are ever any twin primes
between n^2 and n^2 + 1. I might be prepared to believe
in twin primes between n^2 and (n + 1)^2, but, as we try to tell
our students, squaring does not distribute over addition.
-- Gerry Myerson (gerry@maths.mq.edi.ai) (i -> u for email)
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