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A proof of the twin prime conjecture

General Mathematics 2026-03-10 v4

Abstract

In this paper, we prove the twin prime conjecture showing that \begin{align} \sum \limits_{\substack{p\leq x\\p,p+2\in \mathbb{P}}}1\geq (1+o(1))\frac{x}{2\mathcal{C}\log^2 x}\nonumber \end{align} where C:=C(2)>0\mathcal{C}:=\mathcal{C}(2)>0 fixed and P\mathbb{P} is the set of all prime numbers. In particular, it implies \begin{align} \sum \limits_{p,p+2\in \mathbb{P}}1=\infty\nonumber \end{align} when we take xx\longrightarrow \infty on both sides of the inequality. We start by developing a general method for estimating correlations of the form \begin{align} \sum \limits_{n\leq x}G(n)G(n+l)\nonumber \end{align} for a fixed 1lx1\leq l\leq x and where G:NR+G:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}.

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@article{arxiv.1707.03265,
  title  = {A proof of the twin prime conjecture},
  author = {Theophilus Agama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.03265},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

11 pages; the paper has been reformatted and the introduction has been expanded; the ideas remain unchanged