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On the existence of twin prime in an interval

General Mathematics 2022-05-18 v2

Abstract

Let S(x,y]={pnpn+12: nI}S_{(x,y]} = \left\{\frac{p_n}{p_{n+1}-2} :~ n\in I \right\}, where I={n: x<pny}I = \left\{n :~ x<p_n \le y \right\}, pnp_n is the nn-th prime and x,yR>0x, y \in \mathbb{R}_{>0}. If Mα(x,y)M_\alpha(x,y) denotes the α\alpha-power mean of the elements of S(x,y]S_{(x,y]}, it is shown that the existence of a twin prime pair in (x,y](x,y] is implied if limαMα(x,y)>12/y+O(y2)\displaystyle \lim_{\alpha \rightarrow \infty}M_{\alpha}(x,y) > 1 - 2/y + O(y^{-2}) for a sufficiently large yy. For a special choice of yy, we also find a lower bound for the mean: limαMα(x,xβ)>1c/xβ+O(xβlog1x)\displaystyle \lim_{\alpha \rightarrow \infty}M_{\alpha}(x,x^\beta)>1-c/x^\beta+O(x^{-\beta}\log^{-1} x), where the constant c>0c>0 and β=1+c/log2x\beta = 1+c/\log^2 x or equivalently, xβ=x+cx/logx+O(x/log2x)x^\beta=x+cx/\log x+O(x/\log^2 x). With c<2c<2, the lower bound for limαMα(x,xβ)\displaystyle \lim_{\alpha \rightarrow \infty}M_{\alpha}(x,x^\beta) satisfies the inequality on the existence of a twin prime in the interval (x,xβ](x,x^\beta].

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2204.08435,
  title  = {On the existence of twin prime in an interval},
  author = {Shaon Sahoo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.08435},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

6 pages; abstract and introduction are slightly modified; for better proof of Lemma 1, Theorem 4 is replaced and corresponding Corollary 1 is added; proofs of theorems and lemmas are provided with more details; results remain the same