Towards Proving the Twin Prime Conjecture using a Novel Method For Finding the Next Prime Number ${P_{N+1}}$ after a Given Prime Number ${P_{N}}$
Reema Joshi
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Reema Joshi
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This paper proposes an alternative method to find the next prime number after a given prime ${P}$. The proposed mathematical formula is used to derive certain inequalities, which are then proposed as constraints that should be satisfied by all primes that are followed by a twin as the next prime number. Twin primes are primes that have a prime gap of ${2}$. The pairs ${(5,7),(11,13),(41,43)}$, etcetera are all twin primes. Each number in these pairs is also called a twin prime. This paper envisions that if the proposed system of inequalities can be proven to have infinite solutions, the Twin Prime Conjecture will evidently be proven true.
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This paper proposes an alternative method to find the next prime number after a given prime ${P}$. The proposed mathematical formula is used to derive certain inequalities, which are then proposed as constraints that should be satisfied by all primes that are followed by a twin as the next prime number. Twin primes are primes that have a prime gap of ${2}$. The pairs ${(5,7),(11,13),(41,43)}$, etcetera are all twin primes. Each number in these pairs is also called a twin prime. This paper envisions that if the proposed system of inequalities can be proven to have infinite solutions, the Twin Prime Conjecture will evidently be proven true.
Key concepts: Twin prime, Prime (order theory), Mathematics, Conjecture, Prime number, Almost prime, Combinatorics, Associated prime