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An explicit mean-value estimate for the PNT in intervals

Number Theory 2023-08-22 v2

Abstract

This paper gives an explicit version of Selberg's 1943 mean-value estimate for the prime number theorem in intervals under the Riemann hypothesis. Two applications are given: for primes in short intervals, and Goldbach numbers (sums of two primes) in short intervals. Under the Riemann hypothesis, we show there exists a prime in (y,y+32277log2y](y,y+32277\log^2 y] for at least half the y[x,2x]y\in[x,2x] for all x2x\geq 2, and at least one Goldbach number in (x,x+9696log2x](x,x+9696 \log^2 x] for all x2x\geq 2.

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@article{arxiv.2206.00433,
  title  = {An explicit mean-value estimate for the PNT in intervals},
  author = {Michaela Cully-Hugill and Adrian W. Dudek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.00433},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Accepted for publication in the Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society

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