Conjectures by Legendre and Brocard made stronger.

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The discussion centers on the implications of proving the infinite nature of a specific series, which would allow for straightforward proofs of Legendre's and Brocard's conjectures. Legendre's Conjecture asserts that for every integer \( n \ge 1 \), there exists at least one prime \( p \) such that \( n^2 < p < (n+1)^2 \). The stronger conjecture proposed states that there are at least two primes \( p_m \) and \( p_{m+1} \) in that range. Brocard's Conjecture, which states that for \( n \ge 2 \), the inequality \( \pi((p_{n+1})^2)-\pi((p_n)^2) \ge 4 \) holds, is also strengthened to \( \pi((p_{n+1})^2)-\pi((p_n)^2) \ge 2(p_{n+1}-p_n) \).

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If this series https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=485665 is proved to be infinite, then proofs of these two conjectures can be done as simple corollaries.

Legendre's Conjecture states that for every $n\ge 1,$ there is always at least one prime \textit{p} such that $n^2 < p < (n+1)^2$.

Our stronger conjecture states that for every $n\ge 1,$ there are always at least \textbf{two} primes \textit{p} such that $n^2 < p_{m},p_{m+1} < (n+1)^2$.

Brocard's Conjecture states that for every $n\ge 2,$ the inequality $\pi((p_{n+1})^2)-\pi((p_n)^2) \ge 4$ holds where $\pi(n)$ is the prime counting function.

Our stronger conjecture states that for every $n\ge 2,$ the inequality $\pi((p_{n+1})^2)-\pi((p_n)^2) \ge 2(p_{n+1}-p_n)$ holds where $\pi(n)$ is the prime counting function.

Sorry, I couldn't get the stuff to work.
 
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Is conjecturing a stronger conjecture really progress? It's not like proving a stronger theorum then has already been proved.
 
robert2734 said:
Is conjecturing a stronger conjecture really progress? It's not like proving a stronger theorum then has already been proved.

The important theorem would be the one that proves the function in the first link. I'm trying to show how important that function is. It is magical. It can be used for additional proofs, too.
 

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