Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8896831 | Journal of Number Theory | 2018 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Fix irrational numbers α,αË>1 of finite type and real numbers β,βË⩾0, and let B and BË be the Beatty sequencesB:=(âαm+βâ)mâNandBË:=(âαËm+βËâ)mâN. In this note, we study the distribution of pairs (p,pâ¯) of consecutive primes for which pâB and pâ¯âBË. We conjecture that the estimate|{p⩽x:pâB and pâ¯âBË}|=(ααË)â1Ï(x)+O(x(logâ¡x)â3/2+ε) holds for every fixed ε>0, and we give a heuristic argument to support this prediction which relies (in part) on a strong form of the Hardy-Littlewood conjectures.
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Authors
William D. Banks, Victor Z. Guo,