Monotonicity of the minimum odious-prime excess
Monotonicity of the minimum odious-prime excess
Let and be the positive integers having, respectively, an even and an odd number of 's in their binary expansions. Let and be the corresponding sets of evil and odious primes, and let and count these primes not exceeding . Define
Monotonicity conjecture. For all , , the sequence 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 . The supplied statement is truncated after the exceptional values , so the precise intended inequality should be checked against the original source.
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Primary source
Vladimir Shevelev, “A Conjecture on Primes and a Step towards Justification”, arXiv:0706.0786 (2007).
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