Prime avoiding numbers is a basis of order $2$
Number Theory
2022-09-08 v1
Abstract
For a positive integer , we denote by the distance from to the nearest prime number. We prove that every sufficiently large positive integer can be represented as the sum , where for . This improves the corresponding "trivial" statement where only is required.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2209.03058,
title = {Prime avoiding numbers is a basis of order $2$},
author = {Mikhail R. Gabdullin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.03058},
year = {2022}
}