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Lower bound for the remainder in the prime-pair conjecture

Number Theory 2008-06-26 v1

Abstract

For any positive integer r, let pi_{2r}(x) denote the number of prime pairs (p, p+2r) with p not exceeding (large) x. According to the prime-pair conjecture of Hardy and Littlewood, pi_{2r}(x) should be asymptotic to 2C_{2r}li_2(x) with an explicit positive constant C_{2r}. A heuristic argument indicates that the remainder e_{2r}(x) in this approximation cannot be of lower order than x^beta, where beta is the supremum of the real parts of zeta's zeros. The argument also suggests an approximation for pi_{2r}(x) similar to one of Riemann for pi(x).

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@article{arxiv.0806.4057,
  title  = {Lower bound for the remainder in the prime-pair conjecture},
  author = {Jacob Korevaar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.4057},
  year   = {2008}
}

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25 pages, 2 figures

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