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On smooth gaps between primes using the Maynard-Tao sieve

Number Theory 2024-10-15 v3

Abstract

In 1999, Balog, Br\"udern, and Wooley (1999) showed there are infinitely many prime gaps pqp-q that are (logp)34(\log p)^{\frac{3}{4}}-smooth, and infinitely many consecutive prime gaps that are (logp)78(\log p)^\frac{7}{8}-smooth. Advancements made since then by Zhang (2014), Maynard (2014), and Polymath8b (2014) towards resolving the twin prime conjecture have given us the tools to lower the bounds made by Balog, Br\"udern, and Wooley to 47. Moreover, we can show there are infinitely many mm-tuples of primes whose gaps are all ymy_m-smooth for a calculable prime ymy_m.

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@article{arxiv.2403.19696,
  title  = {On smooth gaps between primes using the Maynard-Tao sieve},
  author = {Carol Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.19696},
  year   = {2024}
}

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