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Erdős problem 218

There are infinitely many indices nn such that the prime gap at nn is equal to the prime gap at n+1n+1. This is equivalent to the existence of infinitely many arithmetic progressions of length 33, see erdos_141.variants.infinite_three.

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The set of indices nn for which a prime gap is followed by a larger or equal prime gap has a natural density of 12\frac 1 2.

FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/218.leanErdos218.erdos_218.variants.le1 lineExact file
{n | primeGap nprimeGap (n + 1)}.HasDensity (1 / 2)
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