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Large gaps between primes

Number Theory 2019-10-30 v2

Abstract

We show that there exists pairs of consecutive primes less than xx whose difference is larger than t(1+o(1))(logx)(loglogx)(loglogloglogx)(logloglogx)2t(1+o(1))(\log{x})(\log\log{x})(\log\log\log\log{x})(\log\log\log{x})^{-2} for any fixed tt. Our proof works by incorporating recent progress in sieve methods related to small gaps between primes into the Erdos-Rankin construction. This answers a well-known question of Erdos.

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@article{arxiv.1408.5110,
  title  = {Large gaps between primes},
  author = {James Maynard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.5110},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

18 pages; minor corrections

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