Proof of Legendre's Conjecture
Number Theory
2012-11-29 v2
Abstract
Legendre's conjecture states that there exists a prime between and , for every positive integer . Here I prove that for sufficiently large , there is a prime number between and . The proof relies on the idea of counting the maximum power, of a prime such that .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1211.6046,
title = {Proof of Legendre's Conjecture},
author = {Ankush Goswami},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.6046},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Some errors to be fixed