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Effective exponential bounds on the prime gaps

Number Theory 2025-04-29 v1

Abstract

Over the last 50 years a large number of effective exponential bounds on the first Chebyshev function ϑ(x)\vartheta(x) have been obtained. Specifically we shall be interested in effective exponential bounds of the form ϑ(x)x<a  x  (lnx)b  exp(c  lnx);(xx0). |\vartheta(x)-x| < a \;x \;(\ln x)^b \; \exp\left(-c\; \sqrt{\ln x}\right); \qquad (x \geq x_0). Herein we shall convert these effective bounds on ϑ(x)\vartheta(x) into effective exponential bounds on the prime gaps gn=pn+1png_n = p_{n+1}-p_n. Specifically we shall establish a number of effective exponential bounds of the form gnpn<2a  (lnpn)b  exp(c  lnpn)1a  (lnpn)b  exp(c  lnpn);(xx); {g_n\over p_n} < { 2a \;(\ln p_n)^b \; \exp\left(-c\; \sqrt{\ln p_n}\right) \over 1- a \;(\ln p_n)^b \; \exp\left(-c\; \sqrt{\ln p_n}\right)}; \qquad (x \geq x_*); and gnpn<3a  (lnpn)b  exp(c  lnpn);(xx); {g_n\over p_n} < 3a \;(\ln p_n)^b \; \exp\left(-c\; \sqrt{\ln p_n}\right); \qquad (x \geq x_*); for some effective computable xx_*. It is the explicit presence of the exponential factor, with known coefficients and known range of validity for the bound, that makes these bounds particularly interesting.

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@article{arxiv.2211.06469,
  title  = {Effective exponential bounds on the prime gaps},
  author = {Matt Visser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.06469},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages; 5 tables

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