The first occurrence of large gaps between successive primes

Brent, Richard P.

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The first occurrence of large gaps between successive primes

Date

1973

Authors

Brent, Richard P.

Abstract

A table of the first occurrence of a string of 2r - 1 composite numbers between two primes is given for r = 158(1)267, 269, 270, 273, 275, 276, 281, 282, 291, 294 and 301. All such strings between primes less than 2.6 X 1012 have been accounted for. The computation supports some conjectures on the distribution of these strings.