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Brun's constant for prime quadruplets (Definition)

Brun's constant for prime quadruplets is the sum of the reciprocals of all prime quadruplets

$\displaystyle B_4 = \sum_{\substack{p\\ p + 2 \text{ is prime}\\ p + 6 \text{ i... ...frac{1}{p + 2} + \frac{1}{p + 6} + \frac{1}{p + 8} \right)\approx 0.8705883800.$    

Viggo Brun proved that the constant exists by using a new sieving method, which later became known as Brun's sieve.



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Other names:  Brun's constant for prime quadruples, Brun's constant for prime quartets
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This is version 1 of Brun's constant for prime quadruplets, born on 2006-07-24.
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AMS MSC11N05 (Number theory :: Multiplicative number theory :: Distribution of primes)
 11N36 (Number theory :: Multiplicative number theory :: Applications of sieve methods)

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