Finite-ray prediction accuracy hypothesis for prime numbers

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Let rp0r_{p_0} be a ray with p0∈C‾p_0\in\overline{C}. Let ll denote the number of correct decimal digits available in the floating-point arithmetic, and let n∗(l)n^*(l) be a finite index. For odd m=2n∗(l)+1m=2n^*(l)+1, let p~mp0\tilde p_{mp_0} be the natural number predicted by formulae (34) and (35), and let xx be a solution of equation (36) whose right-hand side is p(m−1)p0p_{(m-1)p_0}. The prime number associated with the ray is denoted by pmp0p_{mp_0}. Finite-ray prediction accuracy hypothesis. For every ray rp0r_{p_0} with p0∈C‾p_0\in\overline{C}, there exist finite numbers ll and n∗(l)n^*(l) such that p~mp0\tilde p_{mp_0} lies closer to pmp0p_{mp_0} than xx does. This compares the proposed finite-domain approximation with the usual logarithmic-integral inversion; the source provides numerical motivation but no proof or resolution.

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Lubomir Alexandrov, “On the nonasymptotic prime number distribution”, arXiv:math/9811096 (1998).

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