Problems & Puzzles: Conjectures

Conjecture 101.  Conjecture related to A108309

Alain Rochelli sent the following conjecture.

For n>1, A108309 is related to the number A(n) of primes between n^2-n and n^2+n.

Using Prime Number Theorem, it is easy to prove that the asymptotic mean of A(n) is equivalent to n / log(n) with log(e)=1.

Now we conjecture that :

the gap G(n) between A(n) and n/log(n) is always less than sqrt(n) with sqrt(n) = square root of n.

For example :

for n=37 , A(n)=5 , n/log(n)=10,2467 and G(n) / sqrt(n) = 5,2467/sqrt(37) = 0,86255.

The next largest ratio is obtained for n=5123 :

for n=5123 , A(n)=538 , n/log(n)=599,7779 and G(n) / sqrt(n) = 61,7779/sqrt(5123) = 0,86312.

Q1. Using an extension of A108309, can you get the values of n leading to larger ratios?

Q2. Can you get an explanation of this conjecture?
 


 

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