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#26 2017-06-29 17:31:10

Luca Ravioli
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Re: Strange Prime number pattern

Correction,  the first difference is not 1 except between the 2 and 3 primes.

prime, 1st. diff., 2nd. diff., 3rd. diff.
2,1,1,
3,2,0,2
5,2,2,-4
7,4,-2,4
11,2,2,-4
13,4,-2,4
17,2,2,0
19,4,2,-6
23,6,-4,8
29,2,4,-6
.....


So the point for 2 is out of place, because the first difference is 1, unlike for the other primes.  I cant figure out how to upload the image.

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#27 2017-06-29 17:45:51

Luca Ravioli
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Re: Strange Prime number pattern

Canceled comment.

Last edited by Luca Ravioli (2017-06-29 17:54:50)

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#28 2017-06-29 17:59:46

Luca Ravioli
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Re: Strange Prime number pattern

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#29 2017-06-29 20:15:32

Luca Ravioli
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Registered: 2017-06-29
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Re: Strange Prime number pattern

pi man wrote:

You won't ever have a pair of 4's in a row.   Let's say X is a prime number.   We know it's odd as they all are except for 2.     Every odd number is going to be either: 

A) divisible by 3 (x mod 3 = 0);
B) have a remainder of 1 when divided by 3 (x mod 3 = 1);
C) have a remainder of 2 when divided by 3 (x mod 3 = 2).   

Let's consider X, X+4 and X + 8 when X is prime:

A) X is divisible by 3 - can't happen when X is prime
B) X mod 3 = 1
     Then (X+4) mod 3 = 2
     and (X+8) mod 3 = 0.
     Therefore X+8 is divisible by 3 and is not prime.
C) X mod 3 = 2
    Then (X+4) mod 3 = 0
    Therefore X+4 is divisible by 3 and is not prime. 

So for any prime number X, either X+4 or X+8 will be divisible by 3.


Is that the reason for all the holes in the graph accept the stripes due to even numbers not being prime?

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