Brocard's conjecture

Not to be confused with Brocard's problem.

In number theory, Brocard's conjecture is a conjecture that there are at least four prime numbers between (p_n)² and (p_n+1)², for n > 1, where p_n is the n^th prime number. It is widely believed that this conjecture is true. However, it remains unproven as of March 2015.

n	$p_n$	$p_n^2$	Prime numbers	$\Delta$
1	2	4	5, 7	2
2	3	9	11, 13, 17, 19, 23	5
3	5	25	29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47	6
4	7	49	53, 59, 61, 67, 71…	15
5	11	121	127, 131, 137, 139, 149…	9
$\Delta$ stands for $\pi(p_{n+1}^2) - \pi(p_n^2)$.

The number of primes between prime squares is 2, 5, 6, 15, 9, 22, 11, 27, ...  A050216.

Legendre's conjecture that there is a prime between consecutive integer squares directly implies that there are at least two primes between prime squares for p_n ≥ 3 since p_n+1 - p_n ≥ 2.

See also

• Prime counting function