Monotonicity of the minimum odious-prime excess

Let Ne \mathbb{N}^e and No \mathbb{N}^o be the positive integers having, respectively, an even and an odd number of 11's in their binary expansions. Let Pe \mathbb{P}^e and Po \mathbb{P}^o be the corresponding sets of evil and odious primes, and let πe(x) \pi^e(x) and πo(x) \pi^o(x) count these primes not exceeding xx. Define

mn=minx(2n1,2n)(πo(x)πe(x)).m_n=\min\limits_{x\in(2^{n-1},2^n)}(\pi^o(x)-\pi^e(x)).

Monotonicity conjecture. For all nNn\in\mathbb{N}, n5,6n\neq 5,6, the sequence mnm_n increases monotonically.

This conjecture formulates the observed numerical phenomenon that the odious primes are generally in excess of the evil primes, with the minimum excess over each dyadic interval increasing with nn. The supplied statement is truncated after the exceptional values n=5,6n=5,6, so the precise intended inequality should be checked against the original source.

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Vladimir Shevelev, “A Conjecture on Primes and a Step towards Justification”, arXiv:0706.0786 (2007).

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