Gilbreath's conjecture

conjecture on the pattern of forward differences of the sequence of prime numbers
Place conjecture Q2638955
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Gilbreath's conjecture

Summary

Gilbreath's conjecture is a conjecture[1]. It draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (conjecture category, ranking #31 of 128).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gilbreath's conjecture is credited with the discovery of François Proth[3].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's instance of is recorded as conjecture[4].
  • Norman L. Gilbreath is named after Gilbreath's conjecture[5].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's publication date is recorded as +1958-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's publication date is recorded as +1878-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yxty[8].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's defining formula is recorded as d^k_1=1: d^k_{n} = \Delta^k p_n[9].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1n36g8_y1[10].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's MathWorld ID is recorded as GilbreathsConjecture[11].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 112644273[13].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's in defining formula is recorded as p_n[14].
  • Gilbreath's conjecture's in defining formula is recorded as \Delta^k[15].

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Designation and Status

Gilbreath's conjecture's instance of is recorded as conjecture[4].

History and Context

Norman L. Gilbreath is named after Gilbreath's conjecture[5].

Why It Matters

Gilbreath's conjecture draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (conjecture category, ranking #31 of 128).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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