Talk:Prime conspiracy

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For 10,000 primes   (as shown by the example in the Rosetta Code task), my numbers (using the REXX program)   don't match those shown:

For  10000  primes used in this study:

H= 80000
prime  10001  is:  84327

digit  1 ──► 1  has a count of:   281,  frequency of:   2.81%.
digit  1 ──► 3  has a count of:  1094,  frequency of:  10.94%.
digit  1 ──► 7  has a count of:   697,  frequency of:   6.97%.
digit  1 ──► 9  has a count of:   308,  frequency of:   3.08%.

digit  3 ──► 1  has a count of:   417,  frequency of:   4.17%.
digit  3 ──► 3  has a count of:   236,  frequency of:   2.36%.
digit  3 ──► 7  has a count of:   588,  frequency of:   5.88%.
digit  3 ──► 9  has a count of:   719,  frequency of:   7.19%.

digit  7 ──► 1  has a count of:   512,  frequency of:   5.12%.
digit  7 ──► 3  has a count of:   578,  frequency of:   5.78%.
digit  7 ──► 7  has a count of:   254,  frequency of:   2.54%.
digit  7 ──► 9  has a count of:  1059,  frequency of:  10.59%.

digit  9 ──► 1  has a count of:  1170,  frequency of:  11.70%.
digit  9 ──► 3  has a count of:   485,  frequency of:   4.85%.
digit  9 ──► 7  has a count of:   431,  frequency of:   4.31%.
digit  9 ──► 9  has a count of:   302,  frequency of:   3.02%.

Does anyone else match either set of numbers for 10,000 primes?   -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 22:32, 21 March 2016 (UTC)


Never mind, I found the problem   (had to do with the calculation of the upper bound for the sieve).   I did think it strange that my calculations for 1,000,000 primes was correct, but not for 10,000. -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 23:42, 21 March 2016 (UTC)


I get a different result. Also, prime 10001 is 104759. Prime 8220 is 84327. Prime 0 is 2. So that's probably your issue. --Rdm (talk) 22:42, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

The REXX language (usually) starts out an index with unity, not zero.   -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 23:49, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Pascal results also match the numbers given in the example. --G.Brougnard (talk) 22:48, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Ok. Of course, the Pascal result also does not show the transitions involving the prime numbers 2 and 5. --Rdm (talk) 00:03, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
And also, it doesn't show the transitions involving the prime number 3 and the number 5.   -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 00:30, 22 March 2016 (UTC)