Prime Number Race/Examples/4n+1 vs. 4n-1

Example of Prime Number Race

The sequence of prime numbers at which the prime number race between prime numbers of the form $4 n - 1$ and $4 n + 1$ are tied begins:

$2, 5, 17, 41, 461, 26 \, 833, 26 \, 849, 26 \, 863, 26 \, 881, 26 \, 893, 26 \, 921, 616 \, 769, \ldots$

This sequence is A007351 in the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (N. J. A. Sloane (Ed.), 2008).

The details of this prime number race is as follows:

$\ds p = 2$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 2 < p < 5$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 5$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 5 < p < 17$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 17$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 17 < p < 41$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 41$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 41 < p < 461$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 461$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 461 < p < 26 \, 833$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 26 \, 833$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 26 \, 833 < p < 26 \, 849$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 26 \, 849$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 26 \, 849 < p < 26 \, 863$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n + 1$ leads, for the first time

$\ds p = 26 \, 863$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 26 \, 863 < p < 26 \, 881$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 26 \, 881$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 26 \, 881 < p < 26 \, 893$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 26 \, 893$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 26 \, 893 < p < 26 \, 921$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

$\ds p = 26 \, 921$

$:$

$\ds $

Both are equal

$\ds 26 \, 921 < p < 616 \, 769$

$:$

$\ds $

$4 n - 1$ leads

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Sources

Jan. 1978: Carter Bays and Richard H. Hudson: On the Fluctuations of Littlewood for Primes of the Form $4n \pm 1$ (Math. Comp. Vol. 32, no. 141: pp. 281 – 286) www.jstor.org/stable/2006277

1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $26,861$
1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $461$
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