If n=333333 ranges run out without finding a twin prime, please consider changing to n=344208. I know it's bigger, but I've been informed by someone I trust very much about these things that n=344208 is a much better choice, statistically speaking.

edit: I'm going to sieve a range of 100M to try to come up with some stats.

If n=333333 ranges run out without finding a twin prime, please consider changing to n=344208. I know it's bigger, but I've been informed by someone I trust very much about these things that n=344208 is a much better choice, statistically speaking.

edit: I'm going to sieve a range of 100M to try to come up with some stats.

If n=333333 ranges run out without finding a twin prime, please consider changing to n=344208. I know it's bigger, but I've been informed by someone I trust very much about these things that n=344208 is a much better choice, statistically speaking.

edit: I'm going to sieve a range of 100M to try to come up with some stats.

There is no way - I say, no way - to know if an n is more or less suitable for lower twin primes. If you start believing in those things you end up believing in horoscopes...

We are at 30% of the analyisis. Next n would be, I think 500.000. They are already sieving it...

If n=333333 ranges run out without finding a twin prime, please consider changing to n=344208. I know it's bigger, but I've been informed by someone I trust very much about these things that n=344208 is a much better choice, statistically speaking.

edit: I'm going to sieve a range of 100M to try to come up with some stats.

There is no way - I say, no way - to know if an n is more or less suitable for lower twin primes. If you start believing in those things you end up believing in horoscopes...

We are at 30% of the analyisis. Next n would be, I think 500.000. They are already sieving it...

There is no way - I say, no way - to know if an n is more or less suitable for lower twin primes. If you start believing in those things you end up believing in horoscopes...

There is no way - I say, no way - to know if an n is more or less suitable for lower twin primes. If you start believing in those things you end up believing in horoscopes...

I think you're a little overconfident with your opinion, buddy. Let me ask you something, if I were to have a random number generator and I were to tell it to generate numbers in a certain range, say, 100M to 200M, and the numbers had have an integer answer to 6x+ or -1={the number} with x as an integer, would that make them more or less likely to be prime, compared to totally random numbers in the same range?

My friend has mastered the art of what I named "modular stacking." My math skills are way below his, so I can't explain it, but n=344208 is a VERY prime-rich n, trust me on this.

n=20050111, being the date of birth of my twin son and daughter (-1 and +1 !) , might be good as well and worth a subproject then, isn't it? ;) ;)

Or would I end up being the only one running it? ;-)
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n=20050111, being the date of birth of my twin son and daughter (-1 and +1 !) , might be good as well and worth a subproject then, isn't it? ;) ;)

Or would I end up being the only one running it? ;-)

n=20050111, being the date of birth of my twin son and daughter (-1 and +1 !) , might be good as well and worth a subproject then, isn't it? ;) ;)

Or would I end up being the only one running it? ;-)

Yowza! That would be in the 20M range! Those tests would probably take, like, weeks. However, if it did turn out to be a relatively prime-rich n, then PrimeGrid would rival GIMPS in terms of size of primes. :-)

The only reason why I suggested a separate subproject for n=344208 is because, if jasong's prediction about it being prime-rich is correct, then people might potentially be interested in it. Of course, if his prediction turns out to be bunko, then nobody would be interested in it...but unfortunately there's no way to prove that without actually working on that n.

jasong, how did your friend find that n=344208 is rich in primes? Did he test a certain range? Did he use some sort of undisclosed method?

n=20050111, being the date of birth of my twin son and daughter (-1 and +1 !) , might be good as well and worth a subproject then, isn't it? ;) ;)

Or would I end up being the only one running it? ;-)

Yowza! That would be in the 20M range! Those tests would probably take, like, weeks. However, if it did turn out to be a relatively prime-rich n, then PrimeGrid would rival GIMPS in terms of size of primes. :-)

The only reason why I suggested a separate subproject for n=344208 is because, if jasong's prediction about it being prime-rich is correct, then people might potentially be interested in it. Of course, if his prediction turns out to be bunko, then nobody would be interested in it...but unfortunately there's no way to prove that without actually working on that n.

jasong, how did your friend find that n=344208 is rich in primes? Did he test a certain range? Did he use some sort of undisclosed method?

I disclosed some of the things he told me on another forum and he got very unhappy with me. For what it's worth, if you manage to figure out who I'm talking about, please keep it under your hat. His thesis is going to be coming out sometime next year, but until then I really need to be careful.

I really don't know precisely what his methods are, but according to him, a lot of the stuff is super-obvious and simply not well-known. He says he's won the $100,000 GIMPS prize and is simply waiting on the double-check.

Based on his history in the math community, I've decided to trust what he says. That being said, if he's lying, not only is he one of the worst people I've ever met, but he may have destined me for the psychiatric ward, since my worldview will have crumbled and I won't know who I could ever trust again. But I totally believe him, and am simply waiting for the GIMPS announcement. If the announcement doesn't come by Valentine's day, then I will really be having my doubts, but I'm expecting it to happen between now and the middle of January.

So the AWARD winning prime is mersenne prime or isn't? Anyway if he is right, then we will have the first 100M digit prime found before man returns to the moon :) Well I'm anciestly awaiting to see the news about his thesis. Maybe he has a great suggestion for a n that will yield a megatwin?

That being said, if he's lying, not only is he one of the worst people I've ever met, but he may have destined me for the psychiatric ward, since my worldview will have crumbled and I won't know who I could ever trust again.

Although I'm very sceptical about this, and it's all very secretive, I'm interested in his and your research. Did you find any interesting results sieving 344208? Did your friend publish anything in the meantime? It's been over half a year, so I would like to know if there's any more information on this.

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jasong, best wishes to you in the psychiatric ward :)

It's a bit late and I'm sure you all heard this but I may as well post it here for posterity...

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/news/2008-09-16/mersenne-45-46/

I'm really not sure what this could possibly have had to do with n=344,208 anyway.