English Explanatory Dictionary

Gilbreath's conjecture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A conjecture in number theory regarding the sequences generated by applying the forward difference operator to consecutive prime numbers and leaving the results unsigned, and then repeating this process on consecutive terms in the resulting sequence, and so forth. The first term in every such sequence appears to be 1.

Word forms

Gilbreath's conjecture

Etymology

Named after mathematician Norman L. Gilbreath, who presented it in 1958.

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