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10^13000+10029 is a probable prime.

This number is right where it should be to be prime.

Actually, these numbers are not that difficult to
find:

Set up two searches (1) an up-run and (2) a down-run
both from
10^x + x + adj(if dessired)

this corresponds to the fact that the average distance between
primes is ln(y) and ln(10^x)/2 = x * ln 10 / 2 approx. = x
the division by 2 corresponds to the fact that on the average 10^x
will be half way between the two primes. The adj. term can be
added to take account of the fact that the distribution of primes
is highly right-skewed.

Milton L. Brown
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Sun Apr 8, 2001 5:41 am

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10^13000+10029 is a probable prime. This number is right where it should be to be prime. Actually, these numbers are not that difficult to find: Set up two...
Milton Brown
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Apr 8, 2001
5:41 am

Milton, You appear to have hit rock bottom with this one. Using the 'logic' that "on average 10^x is half way between the two primes", every number is on...
Phil Carmody
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Apr 8, 2001
9:10 am

Phil, Some times I have problems understanding your notes; it must be a form of prime dyslexia. To me it seems that 10^x can never be prime? Like I indicated...
Milton Brown
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Apr 8, 2001
2:42 pm

... I don't say it can. ... right? bottom? does the number line go in a diagonal now? I'm curious why you post back then, and yesterday talk about, the...
Phil Carmody
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Apr 8, 2001
4:55 pm

... Footnote, what footnote? Let's try again... [* Not just strict Poisson distributions, but anything in which there is no 'memory', such as a coin toss] ...
Phil Carmody
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Apr 8, 2001
4:59 pm

I not sure I missed the point of your previous note. Your math also seems a little strange, bad or at least undefined notation (e.g. p'_x ). Slow is good if...
Milton Brown
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Apr 9, 2001
12:06 am

... C'mon, Milton! I understood Phil's superscript prime in p'_x and his double prime in p''_x. Substance, not sniping, please! David...
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