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Redmond–Sun conjecture

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In mathematics, the Redmond–Sun conjecture, raised by Stephen Redmond and Zhi-Wei Sun in 2006, states that every interval [x my n] with xymn ∈ {2, 3, 4, ...} contains primes with only finitely many exceptions. Namely, those exceptional intervals [x my n] are as follows:

[ 2 3 , 3 2 ] ,   [ 5 2 , 3 3 ] ,   [ 2 5 , 6 2 ] ,   [ 11 2 , 5 3 ] ,   [ 3 7 , 13 3 ] , [ 5 5 , 56 2 ] ,   [ 181 2 , 2 15 ] ,   [ 43 3 , 282 2 ] ,   [ 46 3 , 312 2 ] ,   [ 22434 2 , 55 5 ] .

The conjecture has been verified for intervals [x my n] below 1012. It includes Catalan's conjecture and Legendre's conjecture as special cases. Also, it is related to the abc conjecture as suggested by Carl Pomerance.

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Redmond–Sun conjecture Wikipedia


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