Twin Ramanujan-prime ratio bounds

Let π2(x)\pi_2(x) count twin-prime pairs up to xx, and let π2,1(x)\pi_{2,1}(x) and π2,2(x)\pi_{2,2}(x) count, respectively, twin-prime pairs with one and with two Ramanujan primes, as defined in the paper.

Twin Ramanujan-prime ratio conjecture. For all x105x\ge10^5,

π2,1(x)π2(x)<45,π2,2(x)π2(x)>25,π2,2(x)π2,1(x)>2/54/5=12.\frac{\pi_{2,1}(x)}{\pi_2(x)}<\frac45,\qquad \frac{\pi_{2,2}(x)}{\pi_2(x)}>\frac25,\qquad \frac{\pi_{2,2}(x)}{\pi_{2,1}(x)}>\frac{2/5}{4/5}=\frac12.

These inequalities sharpen the earlier prediction that more than one quarter of twin primes are twin Ramanujan primes. They are supported by the tabulated computations, while the supplied status evidence leaves them open.

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Jonathan Sondow, John W. Nicholson and Tony D. Noe, “Ramanujan Primes: Bounds, Runs, Twins, and Gaps”, arXiv:1105.2249 (2011).

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