Questions tagged [goldbach-type-problems]
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Reference request Re Vinogradov's ternary Goldbach proof
I believe that I.M. Vinogradov's proof of the ternary Goldbach conjecture used the observation that the number of ways $n$ can be written as a sum of three primes equals
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\int_0^1 \sum_{p , q , r \...
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Does Cramer's random model of primes imply $L(n)w_{0}(n)=O(\log^{4}n)$?
Say $r$ is a Galois radius of $n$ of level $l=ab$ if $n-r=p^a$ and $n+r=q^b$ with $p$ and $q$ prime. Denote by $r_{l,0}(n)$ the smallest non negative Galois radius of $n$ of level $l$, by $\...
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Duality between primality radius and Galois radius of maximal prime level
Say $r$ is a Galois radius of level $l=ab$ of $n$ if $n-r=p^a$ and $n+r=q^b$ with $p$ and $q$ prime, and let $\rho:=\frac{r}{l}$ the corresponding normalized Galois radius of $n$. Denote by $r_{l,k}(n)...
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Is the inequality $\frac{2r_{l,0}(n)}{K_{d,0}(n)}\lesssim\log^{a+b}n$ provable for some values of $a$, $b$ and $d$?
Say $r$ is a Galois radius of level $l=ab$ and of type $(a,b)$ of $n$ if $n-r=p^a$ and $n+r=q^b$ with $p$ and $q$ prime. Let $r_{l,0}(n)$ the smallest non negative Galois radius of $n$ of level $l$ ...
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Consecutive integers with consecutive primality radii
Disclaimer: the following observation is purely empirical and as such may not suit this website. Still, it may reveal interesting patterns about primes so I decided to ask this question nevertheless.
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Counting medium level Galois radii of an integer
This question builds upon About Goldbach's conjecture, whose beginning I copy-paste below, and upon Can a lower bound for this weakening of Goldbach's conjecture be reached?.
"Let's ...
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A relation of the prime counting function $\pi$ to counting the ordered ways of a number $n$ as a sum of two primes and two questions?
The definitions are from these two questions:
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3164216/a-series-related-to-prime-numbers
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4349186/trying-to-understand-...
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$l$-th power radioprimal conjecture
I would like to know if some widely believed conjecture, be it GRH, Hardy-Littlewood conjecture, or any other would imply the following statement for some $l>1$:
$l$-th power radioprimal growth ...
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Is there a link between Elliott-Halberstam and weak Hardy-Littlewood-Goldbach conjectures?
Let $\theta$ be such that $EH(\theta)$ holds, where $EH$ stands for Elliott-Halberstam. Can one get an explicit lower bound $\delta_{\theta}$ for the quantity $\delta$ appearing in the weak Hardy-...
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Can a lower bound for this weakening of Goldbach's conjecture be reached?
Say a non negative integer $r$ is a primality radius of $n$ if both $n-r$ and $n+r$ are prime, and that a non negative integer $w$ is a weak primality radius of $m$ if $\omega(m-w)=\omega(m+w)=1$, ...
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Tiling the set of integers with intervals of the form $[n-r_{0}(n),n+r_{0}(n)]$
Assuming Goldbach's conjecture, write $r_{0}(n):=\inf\{r>0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\}$ as well as $p_{\pm}(n):=n\pm r_{0}(n)$.
Consider a sequence $(c_{m})_{m>0}$ defined by $c_{1}:=4$ and $c_{...
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$g$-gap radius of an integer
For $n$ a large enough composite integer, define the $g$-gap radius of $n$, if it exists, for positive even $g$ as the smallest positive integer $\rho_{g}(n)$ such that both $n-\rho_{g}(n)$ and $n+\...
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Consequences of Goldbach's Conjecture
In a letter of 1742 to Euler, Goldbach expressed the belief that ‘Every integer $N>5$ is the sum of three primes’. Euler replied that this is easily seen to be equivalent to the following statement ...
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Robin's criterion, Goldbach's conjecture and upper bound for $r_{0}(n)$
This question is a follow-up to both About Goldbach's conjecture and Question in Proof of Hardy Ramanujan theorem about $\omega(n) =\sum_{p|n} 1$.
Can one derive from Robin's criterion for RH an ...
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Weak Hardy-Littlewood-Goldbach conjecture
Assuming the weak Hardy-Littlewood-Goldbach conjecture as stated in this paper,
does the density $d(\delta,\varepsilon)$ of integers $m$ below $n$ such that
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\left\vert\frac{G(m)}{{\frak{S}}(m)m}-\...
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Is this Goldbach conjecture related quantity equal to the number of Goldbach decompositions up to a bounded quantity?
This question is a follow-up to About Goldbach's conjecture and as such deals with the notion of primality radius of a composite integer $n$, that is, a positive integer $r$ such that both $n-r$ ...
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Weak Goldbach conjecture with distinct primes for odd integers between $4\times 10^{18}$ and $10^{27}$
This is related to the conjecture that all odd integers greater than $17$ can be written as the sum of 3 distinct primes.
Schinzel showed that the Goldbach conjecture implied this in 1959 and as the ...
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Upper bound for the number of $k$-central numbers in a prime gap
Let $I_{n}:=]p_{n},p_{n+1}[$ be the open interval between the $n$-th and $(n+1)$-th prime. Under Goldbach's conjecture, denote by $r_{0}(m)$ the smallest positive integer $r$ such that both $m-r$ and $...
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Staircase numbers
Assuming Goldbach's conjecture, denote as usual by $r_{0}(n)$ for any large enough positive integer $n$ the smallest positive integer $r$ such that both $n-r$ and $n+r$ are prime.
Let's define the ...
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A number theoretical identity of exponential sum
I try to understand a number theoretical identity used by
Jan-Christoph Schlage-Puchta in this answer.
He defined the function
$$S(\alpha)=\sum_{n\leq N}\Lambda(n) e(n\alpha)$$
where $\Lambda(n)$ is ...
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Does one have $2r_{0}(n)\lesssim k_{0}(n)(\log n)^{1+1/k_{0}(n)}$?
Under Goldbach's conjecture, I'm trying to find an upper bound for $r_{0}(n):=\inf\{r>0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\}$ that would generalize Cramer's conjecture.
Denoting by $k_{0}(n)$ the quantity ...
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Order of growth of the error term of the log-exponent of the average prime gap
Disclaimer: I might have already asked this question or a very similar one but couldn't find it if it is so. Hope it will be judged somehow interesting anyway.
Assuming Goldbach's conjecture, let's ...
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Symmetry in Hardy-Littlewood k-tuple conjecture
Assuming Hardy-Littlewood $k$-tuple conjecture, do the "dual" prime constellations $(0,h_1, h_2,\cdots, h_i,\cdots, h_{k-1}=d)$ and $(0, h_{k-1}-h_{k-2}, h_{k-1}-h_{k-3},\cdots,h'_i=h_{k-1}-...
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Goldbach conjecture and the representation number
Let $g(2n)$ be the number of representations of $2n=p+q$ with primes $p$ and $q$. Many people have asked whether $g(2n) \ge 2$ when $2n = p+q$ for some primes $p$ and $q$. That is, does $g(2n) \ge 1$ ...
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Fundamental primal polynomial associated to an integer
Under Goldbach's conjecture, let $r_{0}(n):=\inf\{r>0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\}$ and $k_{0}(n):=\pi(n+r_{0}(n))-\pi(n-r_{0}(n))$ for any composite positive integer $n$. Let also $g_{1}(n),\cdots,...
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Projection of cocyclic Gaussian primes on the real axis
I just stumbled upon https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2372062/4-concylic-points-of-gaussian-primes after a quick Google search about cocyclic Gaussian primes.
As I've been investigating about ...
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Prime gap distribution in residue classes and Goldbach-type conjectures
Update on 7/20/2020: It appears that conjecture A is not correct, you need more conditions for it to be true. See here (an answer to a previous MO question).
The general problem that I try to solve is ...
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A nice pattern about Goldbach conjecture in French Wikipedia
In the following link: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjecture_de_Goldbach, one can see a nice pattern of pink and blue lines coming from each prime number, the intersection points thereof are ...
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Congruential equidistribution, prime numbers, and Goldbach conjecture
Let $S$ be an infinite set of positive integers, $N_S(z)$ be the number of elements of $S$ less than or equal to $z$, and let
$$D_S(z, n, p)= \sum_{k\in S,k\leq z}\chi(k\equiv p\bmod{n}).$$
Here $\chi$...
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Curious inversion formula in additive combinatorics
Let $S$ be an infinite set of positive integers, and $T=S+S=\{x+y, \mbox{ with } x,y\in S\}$.We definte the following functions:
$N_S(z)$ is asymptotic continuous version of the function counting the ...
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Paradox in additive combinatorics
Let $S$ be an infinite set of positive integers. Let us define the following quantities:
$N_S(z)$ is the number of elements of $S$, less or equal to $z$
$r_S(z)$ if the number of positive integer ...
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General asymptotic result in additive combinatorics (sums of sets)
Let $S_1,\cdots,S_k$ be $k$ infinite sets of positive integers. Let $N_i(z)$ be the numbers of elements in $S_i$ that are less or equal to $z$. Let us further assume that
$$N_i(S) \sim \frac{a_i z^{...
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$t$-balanced numbers
Disclaimer: throughout this question, we'll assume the truth of Goldbach's conjecture.
For $n$ a large enough composite positive integer, write $r_{0}(n):=\inf\{r>0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\}$, $...
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Is this conjecture equivalent to Polignac's conjecture?
Under Goldbach's conjecture denote by $r_{0}(n)$ for $n$ a large enough composite integer the quantity $\inf\{r\geq 0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\}$, by $k_{0}(n)$ the quantity $\pi(n+r_{0}(n))-\pi(n-...
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Need help in understanding meaning of a notation and theorem used in research paper due to a reference being in German Language
I thought of utilizing this lockdown period to study research papers in number theory by myself.
I began reading the research paper By T Estermann ->" On Goldbach Problem : Proof that Almost all ...
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Can this number be interpreted as a fractal dimension?
Under Goldbach's conjecture, let's denote for a large enough integer $n$ by $r_{0}(n)$ the quantity $\inf\{r>0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^2\}$ and by $k_{0}(n):=\pi(n+r_{0}(n))-\pi(n+r_{0}(n))$.
Let's ...
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Statement about upper density of even numbers satisfying the Goldbach condition
For $A\subseteq \mathbb{N}$, let the upper density of $A$ be defined by $$\mu^+(A) = \lim\sup_{n\to\infty}\frac{|A\cap\{1,\ldots,n\}|}{n}.$$
Let $$A = \{n\in\mathbb{N}: 2n \text{ is the sum of } 2 \...
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Are there infinitely many karmic numbers, i.e numbers whose primality radii equal one or a prime power?
For $n$ a large enough positive composite integer, say $r$ is a primality radius of $n$ if both $n-r$ and $n+r$ are prime. Say $n$ is a karmic number if the following holds: $r$ is a primality radius ...
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Equivalent Statements of Goldbach Conjecture in Terms of the Properties of Riemann Zeta Function?
Riemann Hypothesis has many equivalent statements.
Many of them are not about prime distribution, instead, are about the properties of Riemann Zeta function, such as the distribution of zeros of Zeta ...
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Riemann hypothesis and ternary Goldbach
Is there any result of the following shape: There exists an absolute constant $\delta>0$ such that the Riemann hypothesis for some $L$-functions is equivalent to the following estimate for all ...
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Upper bound for $\alpha_{n}$ from Mertens' third theorem
This question is a follow-up to About Goldbach's conjecture.
I would like to know if an unconditional upper bound for $\alpha_{n}$, defined as $n(N_{2}(n)-\dfrac{nN_{1}(n)}{P(n)})$ (where $N_{2}(...
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Distribution of Goldbach's weak-conjecture's prime-triples
From Harald Helfgott's proof of Goldbach's weak conjecture,1
we know that every odd number $> 7$ is the sum of three odd primes.
If $n$ is such an odd number, say that two sums that yield $n$
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Primality radii and Sidon sets
I learned tonight what a Sidon set is, in a book about Erdős. This notion inspires me the following question :
For $n$ a large enough composite integer, say $r>0$ is a primality radius of $n$ if ...
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Is the fundamental partition associated to $n$ the partition of $r_{0}(n)$ in $k_{0}(n)$ parts that maximizes entropy?
As usual, under Goldbach's conjecture, let's define for a large enough composite integer $n$ the quantities $r_{0}(n):=\inf\{r\geq 0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\}$ and $k_{0}(n):=\pi(n+r_{0}(n))-\pi(n-...
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Approximation for $ \inf\{r>0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\} $ by minimizing a distance
Under Goldbach's conjecture, let $r_{0}(n) : =\inf\{r>0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\} $ and $k_{0}(n) : =\pi(n+r_{0}(n))-\pi(n-r_{0}(n)) $. The PNT implies that one can expect to have $ \dfrac{...
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If Goldbach's Conjecture is eventually true, is it necessarily true?
We have all heard that if Goldbach's conjecture is independent, then it is true. This is because if GC is false then there is an even number which is not the sum of two primes, and hence a finite ...
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Sergei numbers : even integers n being a prime gap at least n times
Let's introduce Sergei (for SElf-Referential Gaps Extensible to Infinity, and as a wink to a mathematician friend of mine of Russian descent whose given name is Serge and quite interested in number ...
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Can this weakening of Polignac's conjecture be proven?
Let $ A $ be a set of odd primes such that between any two consecutive elements thereof there is at least one prime gap that occurs infinitely often, i.e. an even integer $ g $ such that the ...
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Is the conjunction of Goldbach and NFPR conjecture actually equivalent to Hardy-Littlewood k-tuple conjecture?
In this previous question of mine
I introduce under Goldbach's conjecture the notation $ r_{0}(n) : =\inf\{r\geq 0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\} $ as well as the related so-called NFPR conjecture ...
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Upper bound for $\sum r_{0}(n)$
Assuming Goldbach's conjecture, let's define for a sufficiently large integer $ n $ the quantity $ r_{0}(n) : =\inf\{r\geq 0,(n-r,n+r)\in\mathbb{P}^{2}\} $.
Under GRH, what is the best upper bound ...
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