Small gaps between primes exist

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Small gaps between primes exist

Daniel Alan Goldston, Yoichi Motohashi, János Pintz, and Cem Yalçın Yıldırım

Source: Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci. Volume 82, Number 4 (2006), 61-65.

Abstract

In the preprint [3], Goldston, Pintz, and Yıldırım established, among other things, \begin{equation} \liminf_{n\to\infty}{p_{n+1}-p_n\over\log p_n}=0, \end{equation} with $p_n$ the $n$th prime. In the present article, which is essentially self-contained, we shall develop a simplified account of the method used in [3]. We include a short expository last section.

Primary Subjects: 11N05

Secondary Subjects: 11P32

Keywords: Prime number

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Permanent link to this document: http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pja/1146576181
Digital Object Identifier: doi:10.3792/pjaa.82.61
Zentralblatt MATH identifier: 05123005

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Mathematical Reviews (MathSciNet): MR891718

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Mathematical Reviews (MathSciNet): MR46485

Zentralblatt MATH: 0042.07901

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