Bertrand's Postulate for Carmichael Numbers
Number Theory
2023-10-19 v2
Abstract
Alford, Granville, and Pomerance proved that there are infinitely many Carmichael numbers. In the same paper, they ask if a statement analogous to Bertrand's postulate could be proven for Carmichael numbers. In this paper, we answer this question, proving the stronger statement that for all and sufficiently large in terms of , there exist at least Carmichael numbers between and .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2111.06963,
title = {Bertrand's Postulate for Carmichael Numbers},
author = {Daniel Larsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.06963},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
27 pages; corrected minor issues