Conjecture on the asymptotic formula for the nth prime

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For each positive integer n>2n>2, define

λn=⌈2(log⁡n!+1)⌉,μn=⌊log⁡log⁡n!⌋.\lambda_n=\lceil 2(\log n!+1)\rceil,\qquad \mu_n=\lfloor \log \log n!\rfloor.

Here pnp_n denotes the nnth prime number. Asymptotic formula for the nth prime. There exist some ϵ∈[0,1]\epsilon\in[0,1] and δ∈[−2,2]\delta\in[-2,2] such that

pn=⌈λn−μn2+ϵ+δ⌉;p_n=\left\lceil \lambda_n-\mu_n^{2+\epsilon}+\delta\right\rceil;

in particular, for all n>2n>2,

pn∈(λn−μn3−2, λn−μn2+2).p_n\in\left(\lambda_n-\mu_n^3-2,\,\lambda_n-\mu_n^2+2\right).

This conjecture proposes a precise approximation to the nnth prime in terms of factorial logarithms. The supplied text does not provide evidence that the conjecture has been proved or disproved.

References

Primary source

Theophilus Agama and Berndt Gensel, “The Asymptotic Binary Goldbach and Lemoine Conjectures”, arXiv:1709.05335 (2026).

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