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Fourier optimization and prime gaps

Number Theory 2021-08-09 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We investigate some extremal problems in Fourier analysis and their connection to a problem in prime number theory. In particular, we improve the current bounds for the largest possible gap between consecutive primes assuming the Riemann hypothesis.

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@article{arxiv.1708.04122,
  title  = {Fourier optimization and prime gaps},
  author = {Emanuel Carneiro and Micah B. Milinovich and Kannan Soundararajan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.04122},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Minor revisions in version 2; to appear in Comment. Math. Helv.; 30 pages

R2 v1 2026-06-22T21:14:00.864Z