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For a finite set of integers such that the first few gaps between its consecutive elements equal $a$, while the remaining gaps equal $b$, we study dense packings of its translates on the line. We obtain an explicit lower bound on the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-29 Alexander Natalchenko , Arsenii Sagdeev

We present and analyze an algorithm to enumerate all integers $n\le x$ that can be written as the sum of consecutive $k$th powers of primes, for $k>1$. We show that the number of such integers $n$ is asymptotically bounded by a constant…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-04 Cathal O'Sullivan , Jonathan P. Sorenson , Aryn Stahl

The following is proven using arguments that do not revolve around the Riemann Hypothesis or Sieve Theory. If $p_n$ is the $n^{\rm th}$ prime and $g_n=p_{n+1}-p_n$, then $g_n=O({p_n}^{2/3})$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Madieyna Diouf

Let $P$ be a subset of the primes of lower density strictly larger than $\frac12$. Then, every sufficiently large even integer is a sum of four primes from the set $P$. We establish similar results for $k$-summands, with $k\geq 4$, and for…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Michael T. Lacey , Hamed Mousavi , Yaghoub Rahimi , Manasa N. Vempati

We consider the representation of primes as a sum of a prime and twice a triangular number. We prove that a subset of the primes having density 1 is expressible in this form. We conjecture that every odd prime number is expressible as a sum…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-20 Ivan Blanco-Chacon , Gary McGuire , Oisin Robinson

We prove that there are infinitely many $n$ such that $\omega(n+k) \ll \log k$ for all integers $k \ge 2$. This improves on a result of Tao-Ter\"{a}v\"{a}inen (2025), who has $O(k)$ in place of $O(\log k)$. As corollaries, we make progress…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Cheuk Fung Lau

Assuming the Riemann hypothesis, this article discusses a new elementary argument that seems to prove that the maximal prime gap of a finite sequence of primes p_1, p_2, ..., p_n <= x, satisfies max {p_(n+1) - p_n : p_n <= x} <=…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-09-01 N. A. Carella

Let $\mathcal{P}_r$ denote an almost-prime with at most $r$ prime factors, counted according to multiplicity. In this paper, it is proved that, for $0.989<\gamma<1$, there exist infinitely many primes $p$ such that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-13 Fei Xue , Jinjiang Li , Min Zhang

We study the first occurrences of gaps between primes in the arithmetic progression (P): $r$, $r+q$, $r+2q$, $r+3q,\ldots,$ where $q$ and $r$ are coprime integers, $q>r\ge1$. The growth trend and distribution of the first-occurrence gap…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-22 Alexei Kourbatov , Marek Wolf

Exact summatory functions that count the number of prime $k$-tuples up to some cut-off integer are presented. Related summatory $k$-tuple analogs of the first and second Chebyshev functions are then defined. Using a gamma distribution…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-08 J. LaChapelle

Legendre's Conjecture is one of the most elegant open problems in Number Theory, which states that there is a prime between consecutive two perfect squares. In this note, we prove the conjecture holds true and also discuss the related…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Sundarakannan Mahilmaran

In this paper, we consider the simultaneous representation of pairs of sufficiently large integers. We prove that every pair of large positive odd integers can be represented in the form of a pair of one prime, four cubes of primes and 231…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-07 Xin Chen

We prove that there are infinitely many integers $n$ such that the total number of prime factors of $(n+h_{1})(n+h_{2})...(n+h_{\kappa})$ is at most $(1/2)\kappa\log\kappa+O(\kappa)$, provided $\kappa$ is sufficiently large.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-11-09 C. S. Franze

Motivated by a question of V. Bergelson and F. K. Richter (2017), we obtain asymptotic formulas for the number of relatively prime tuples composed of positive integers $n\le N$ and integer parts of polynomials evaluated at $n$. The error…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-05 William Banks , Igor E. Shparlinski

A k-gap is a finite k-sequence of pairwise disjoint monotone families of infinite subsets of N mixed in such a way that we cannot find a partition of N such that each family is trival on one piece of the partition. We prove that, relative…

Logic · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Antonio Avilés , Stevo Todorcevic

If $p_k$ is the k-th prime, the Firoozbakht conjecture states that the sequence $(p_k)^{1/k}$ is strictly decreasing. We use the table of first-occurrence prime gaps in combination with known bounds for the prime-counting function to verify…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-01-06 Alexei Kourbatov

The binary Goldbach conjecture asserts that every even integer greater than $4$ is the sum of two primes. In a preceding paper we have proved that there exists a positive integer $K_\alpha$ such that every even integer $x > p_k^2$ can be…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2023-04-25 Ricardo Barca

One of the themes of this paper is recent results on large gaps between primes. The first of these results has been achieved in the paper [12] by Ford, Green, Konyagin and Tao. It was later improved in the joint paper [13] of these four…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-02 Michael Th. Rassias

Let $r \ge 2$ be an integer. We adapt the Maynard-Tao sieve to produce the asymptotically best-known bounded gaps between products of $r$ distinct primes. Our result applies to positive-density subsets of the primes that satisfy certain…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-14 Yang P. Liu , Peter S. Park , Zhuo Qun Song

Say that a permutation of $1,2,\ldots,n$ is \textit{$k$-bounded} if every pair of consecutive entries in the permutation differs by no more than $k$. Such a permutation is \textit{anchored} if the first entry is $1$ and the last entry is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-09-11 Maria M. Gillespie , Kenneth G. Monks , Kenneth M. Monks