Re: About prime numbers



"Gabriel Vizena" <gabvizena@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>n - positive integer
>p(n) is the n-th prime number
>g^a is a times composition of g. [for example g^2(x) = g(g(x))]

>u(n) = p(n + 1) - p(n)
>v(n) = p(u(n)) - u(n)

>Does there exist integer k such that v^k(n) = 1 for any possible n?
>Does there exist integer q such that u^q(n) <= 4 for any possible n?

Assuming "for any possible n" means that you want to find whether
there exists some fixed value for k such that your condition is
satisfied for all integer values n, no matter how large n might be.

Hint: how large can u(n) get?

>Thank you
>Gabriel
.



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