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Some new inequalities for primes

Number Theory 2012-09-20 v3

Abstract

For n=1,2,3,... let p_n be the n-th prime. We mainly show that p_n>n+sum_{k=1}^n p_k/k for all n>124, and sum_{k=1}^n kp_k<n^2p_n/3 for all n>30.

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@article{arxiv.1209.3729,
  title  = {Some new inequalities for primes},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.3729},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

6 pages. Make Theorem 1.2 general

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