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Gilbreath's conjecture

Gilbreath's conjecture proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Gilbreath's conjecture

  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.

Origin of Gilbreath's conjecture

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

Questions about Gilbreath's conjecture

What does Gilbreath's conjecture mean?
Gilbreath's conjecture means 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.
What part of speech is Gilbreath's conjecture?
Gilbreath's conjecture is a proper noun.

Words near Gilbreath's conjecture in the dictionary

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