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Brocard's conjecture

Brocard's conjecture proper noun: the conjecture that there are at least four prime numbers between (pₙ)² and (pₙ₊₁)², where pₙ is the nth prime number, for every n ≥ 2.

Proper noun

Brocard's conjecture

  1. The conjecture that there are at least four prime numbers between (pₙ)² and (pₙ₊₁)², where pₙ is the nth prime number, for every n ≥ 2.

Origin of Brocard's conjecture

Named after Henri Brocard.

Questions about Brocard's conjecture

What does Brocard's conjecture mean?
Brocard's conjecture means the conjecture that there are at least four prime numbers between (pₙ)² and (pₙ₊₁)², where pₙ is the nth prime number, for every n ≥ 2.
What part of speech is Brocard's conjecture?
Brocard's conjecture is a proper noun.

Words near Brocard's conjecture in the dictionary

  1. Brocard circles
  2. Brocard point
  3. Brocard points
  4. Brocard triangle
  5. Brocard triangles
  6. Brocard's conjecture
  7. Brocard's problem
  8. Brocardian
  9. brocardic
  10. brocards
  11. Brocas

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