Sophie Germain prime


A prime numberMathworldPlanetmath p is called Sophie Germain primeMathworldPlanetmath if 2p+1 is also prime.

The first few Sophie Germain primes are: 2,3,5,11,23,29,41,53,83,89,113,131,173,179,191,233,

It is conjectured that there are infinitely many Sophie Germain primes, but (like the Twin Prime ConjectureMathworldPlanetmath) this has not been proven. A heuristic estimate for the number of Sophie Germain primes less than n is 2cnln2n, where c is the twin prime constant.

Title Sophie Germain prime
Canonical name SophieGermainPrime
Date of creation 2013-03-22 14:34:23
Last modified on 2013-03-22 14:34:23
Owner yark (2760)
Last modified by yark (2760)
Numerical id 8
Author yark (2760)
Entry type Definition
Classification msc 11A41
Synonym Germain prime