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A111943 Prime p with prime gap q-p of n_th record Cramer-Shanks-Granville ratio, where q is smallest prime larger than p and C-S-G ratio is (q-p)/(log(p))^2. +0
4
13, 23, 113, 1327, 31397, 370261, 2010733, 20831323, 25056082087, 2614941710599, 19581334192423, 218209405436543, 1693182318746371 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

Primes less than 23 are anomalous and are excluded.

The sequence ends with Bertil Nyman's 1999 discovery.

Shanks conjecture is that the ratio will never reach 1.

REFERENCES

R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Theory of Numbers, Springer-Verlag, Third Edition, 2004, A8.

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Prime Gaps.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Cramer-Granville Conjecture.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Shanks Conjecture (and Wolf Conjecture.)

EXAMPLE

n Ratio prime:

2 0.6103 23

3 0.6264 113

4 0.6575 1327

5 0.6715 31397

6 0.6812 370261

7 0.7025 2010733

8 0.7394 20831323

9 0.7953 25056082087

10 0.7975 2614941710599

11 0.8177 19581334192423

12 0.8311 218209405436543

13 0.9206 1693182318746371

CROSSREFS

Cf. A111870.

Cf. A166363.

Adjacent sequences: A111940 A111941 A111942 this_sequence A111944 A111945 A111946

KEYWORD

nonn,hard,new

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), following emails from R. K. Guy and Ed Pegg, Jr., Nov 27 2005

EXTENSIONS

Corrected and edited (p_n could be misinterpreted as the n_th prime) by Daniel Forgues (squid(AT)zensearch.com), Nov 20 2009

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