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On the sum of the reciprocals of the differences between consecutive primes

Number Theory 2018-08-28 v2

Abstract

Let pnp_n denote the nn-th prime number, and let dn=pn+1pnd_n=p_{n+1}-p_{n}. Under the Hardy--Littlewood prime-pair conjecture, we prove \begin{align*} \sum_{n\le X}\frac{\log^{\alpha}d_n}{d_n} \sim\begin{cases} \frac{X\log\log\log X}{\log X}~\qquad\quad~ &\alpha=-1,\\ \frac{X}{\log X}\frac{(\log\log X)^{1+\alpha}}{1+\alpha}\qquad &\alpha>-1, \end{cases} \end{align*} and establish asymptotic properties for some series of dnd_n without the Hardy--Littlewood prime-pair conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1803.03377,
  title  = {On the sum of the reciprocals of the differences between consecutive primes},
  author = {Nian Hong Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.03377},
  year   = {2018}
}

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