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Upper bounds for prime gaps related to Firoozbakht's conjecture

Number Theory 2019-03-13 v4

Abstract

We study two kinds of conjectural bounds for the prime gap after the k-th prime pkp_k: (A) pk+1<(pk)1+1/kp_{k+1} < (p_k)^{1+1/k} and (B) pk+1pk<log2pklogpkbp_{k+1}-p_k < \log^2 p_k - \log p_k - b for k>9k>9. The upper bound (A) is equivalent to Firoozbakht's conjecture. We prove that (A) implies (B) with b=1b=1; on the other hand, (B) with b=1.17b=1.17 implies (A). We also give other sufficient conditions for (A) that have the form (B) with b1b\to1 as kk\to\infty.

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@article{arxiv.1506.03042,
  title  = {Upper bounds for prime gaps related to Firoozbakht's conjecture},
  author = {Alexei Kourbatov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.03042},
  year   = {2019}
}

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8 pages, with Corrigendum