Number Theory Jeffrey Frederick Gold Mathematical Interests: Twin Primes, Experimental Number Theory, Elementary Number Theory, Chinese Remainder Theorem, Covering Sets, Linear Congruences, Prime Numbers (of course), abundant numbers, odd perfect numbers, group theory, Galois theory, vectors, and more. Don H. Tucker and I have been working on the Twin Prime Conjecture for about six or seven years now. We have developed a mathematical algorithm which, when tested using a computer analogue, correctly predicted the twin primes in ascending order up to 5,000,000. Of course, the computer is never a proof (except maybe by intimidation), so we have been working on the induction argument for quite some time. It always seems to be within grasp, and just when I'm about to say, "Oh, to hell with it," I stare back down onto the page and the numbers give me something, they always give me something, something to come back and work on the problem again. Damn! I thought I'd get away!!!! A Characterization of Twin Prime Pairs, (with Don H. Tucker). Proceedings - Fifth National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Volume I, pp. 362-366, University of North Carolina Press, University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA), 1991. Abstract The basic idea of these remarks is to give a tight characterization of twin primes greater than three. It is hoped that this might lead to a decision on the conjecture that infinitely many twin prime pairs exist; that is, number pairs | |
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