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Ramanujan-Fourier series; von Mangoldt function; twin primes; Sophie Germain prime; Wiener-Khintchine theorem
Ramanujan-Fourier series; von Mangoldt function; twin primes; Sophie Germain prime; Wiener-Khintchine theorem
Summary:
We give a heuristic proof of a conjecture of Hardy and Littlewood concerning the density of prime pairs to which twin primes and Sophie Germain primes are special cases. The method uses the Ramanujan-Fourier series for a modified von Mangoldt function and the Wiener-Khintchine theorem for arithmetical functions. The failing of the heuristic proof is due to the lack of justification of interchange of certain limits. Experimental evidence using computer calculations is provided for the plausibility of the result. We have also shown that our argument can be extended to the $m$-tuple conjecture of Hardy and Littlewood.
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