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Main article: Maximal gaps between prime k-tuples
Prime decuplets (10-tuples) are the densest permissible clusters of 10 consecutive primes. There are two types of prime decuplets:
The observed maximal gaps between prime decuplets near p are at most log p times the average gap.
The approximate size of a maximal gap that ends at p is given by the following empirical formula:
whereE(max g10(p)) = a(log(p/a) − 0.2) = O(log11p)
Maximal gaps between prime decuplets of each type are listed below.
1st 10-tuple: 2nd 10-tuple: Gap g10(p):
11 33081664151 33081664140
33081664151 83122625471 50040961320
83122625471 294920291201 211797665730
294920291201 573459229151 278538937950
730121110331 1044815397161 314694286830
1291458592421 1738278660731 446820068310
4700094892301 5289415841441 589320949140
6218504101541 7353767766461 1135263664920
7908189600581 9062538296081 1154348695500
10527733922591 11808683662661 1280949740070
21939572224301 23280376374371 1340804150070
23960929422161 25419097742651 1458168320490
30491978649941 32031885520751 1539906870810
46950720918371 48809302182911 1858581264540
84254447788781 86844628716731 2590180927950
118565337622001 121748202896051 3182865274050
124788318636251 129737394812561 4949076176310
235474768767851 241194271107521 5719502339670
513639397576421 520113801406931 6474403830510
826551814786541 836728470696731 10176655910190
1811660166341561 1822356561339311 10696394997750
3336445098184811 3351240113757071 14795015572260
4860936813525251 4883001500251991 22064686726740
1st 10-tuple: 2nd 10-tuple: Gap g10(p):
9853497737 21956291867 12102794130
22741837817 164444511587 141702673770
242360943257 666413245007 424052301750
1418575498577 2118274828907 699699330330
4396774576277 5111078123507 714303547230
8639103445097 9378647660507 739544215410
11105292314087 12728490626207 1623198312120
12728490626207 15420024060797 2691533434590
119057768524127 123265617079457 4207848555330
226608256438997 231544331258477 4936074819480
581653272077387 587540846737697 5887574660310
896217252921227 902779907026157 6562654104930
987041423819807 994246494727457 7205070907650
1408999953009347 1417129014533357 8129061524010
1419018243046487 1427380791698987 8362548652500
2189095026865907 2198836733614877 9741706748970
2274112300607657 2284079627820227 9967327212570
2369286971460107 2380971400045937 11684428585830
4498231210741967 4513269435966647 15038225224680
5320814086365287 5337031951168427 16217864803140
5406353435580257 5424929217415217 18575781834960
The ratio g10(p)/log11p is never greater than 0.00059, i.e.
maximal gap sizes are less than log p times the average gap, where p is the prime at the end of the gap.
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