Asymptotic absence of type-III prime and twin-prime bias

Let δ+(x)\delta^{+}(x) and δ(x)\delta^{-}(x) be the corresponding prime-number bias functions, and let δ2+(x)\delta^{+}_2(x) and δ2(x)\delta^{-}_2(x) be the twin-prime bias functions measuring whether the consecutive twin-prime gap plus or minus 11 is prime.

Type-III bias conjecture. As xx\rightarrow\infty,

δ+(x)=δ(x)=0andδ2+(x)=δ2(x)=0.\delta^{+}(x)=\delta^{-}(x)=0\quad\text{and}\quad\delta^{+}_2(x)=\delta^{-}_2(x)=0.

The conjecture predicts that the type-III biases vanish because odd composite numbers grow faster than primes. It is conditional in the source on the infinitude of twin primes and remains open.

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Shaon Sahoo, “On twin prime distribution and associated biases”, arXiv:2111.09053 (2023).

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