The asymptotic probability of being an a-Sophie Germain prime

Let pp be prime and let aa be a parameter for which the paper defines the notion of an aa-Sophie Germain prime (or aa-SGP). Let α3(a,n)\alpha_3(a,n), α4(a,n)\alpha_4(a,n), and α5(a,n)\alpha_5(a,n) denote the three empirical quantities used in the paper.

The a-Sophie Germain prime probability conjecture. The probability that a given prime pp is aa-SGP converges, as pp\to\infty, to the common asymptotic value represented by

limnα3(a,n)limnα4(a,n)limnα5(a,n).\lim_{n\to\infty}\alpha_3(a,n)\approx\lim_{n\to\infty}\alpha_4(a,n)\approx\lim_{n\to\infty}\alpha_5(a,n).

The claim is based on numerical computations for several values of aa and is presented without a proof; its status is therefore open in the supplied source.

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A. Ramzy, “A primality test for Kp^n+1 numbers and a generalization of Safe Primes and Sophie Germain Primes”, arXiv:2207.12407 (2022).

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