Primes in tuples IV: Density of small gaps between consecutive primes

Daniel Alan Goldston; János Pintz; Cem Yalçın Yıldırım

Acta Arithmetica (2013)

  • Volume: 160, Issue: 1, page 37-53
  • ISSN: 0065-1036

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We prove that given any small but fixed η > 0, a positive proportion of all gaps between consecutive primes are smaller than η times the average gap. We show some unconditional and conditional quantitative results in this vein. In the results the dependence on η is given explicitly, providing a new quantitative way, in addition to that of the first paper in this series, of measuring the effect of the knowledge on the level of distribution of primes.

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Daniel Alan Goldston, János Pintz, and Cem Yalçın Yıldırım. "Primes in tuples IV: Density of small gaps between consecutive primes." Acta Arithmetica 160.1 (2013): 37-53. <http://eudml.org/doc/279830>.

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