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Almost all primes are not needed in Ternary Goldbach

Number Theory 2024-09-16 v1

Abstract

The ternary Goldbach conjecture states that every odd number m7m \geqslant 7 can be written as the sum of three primes. We construct a set of primes P\mathbb{P} defined by an expanding system of admissible congruences such that almost all primes are not in P\mathbb{P} and still, the ternary Goldbach conjecture holds true with primes restricted to P\mathbb{P}.

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@article{arxiv.2409.08968,
  title  = {Almost all primes are not needed in Ternary Goldbach},
  author = {Debmalya Basak and Raghavendra N. Bhat and Anji Dong and Alexandru Zaharescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.08968},
  year   = {2024}
}

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22 pages

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