On Linnik's theorem on Goldbach numbers in short intervals and related problems

Alessandro Languasco; Alberto Perelli

Annales de l'institut Fourier (1994)

  • Volume: 44, Issue: 2, page 307-322
  • ISSN: 0373-0956

Abstract

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Linnik proved, assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, that for any ϵ > 0 , the interval [ N , N + log 3 + ϵ N ] contains a number which is the sum of two primes, provided that N is sufficiently large. This has subsequently been improved to the same assertion being valid for the smaller gap C log 2 N , the added new ingredient being Selberg’s estimate for the mean-square of primes in short intervals. Here we give another proof of this sharper result which avoids the use of Selberg’s estimate and is therefore more in the spirit of Linnik’s original approach. We also improve an unconditional result of Lavrik’s on truncated froms of Parseval’s identity for exponential sums over primes.

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Languasco, Alessandro, and Perelli, Alberto. "On Linnik's theorem on Goldbach numbers in short intervals and related problems." Annales de l'institut Fourier 44.2 (1994): 307-322. <http://eudml.org/doc/75063>.

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abstract = {Linnik proved, assuming the Riemann Hypothesis, that for any $\epsilon &gt;0$, the interval $[N,N+\log ^\{3+\epsilon \}N]$ contains a number which is the sum of two primes, provided that $N$ is sufficiently large. This has subsequently been improved to the same assertion being valid for the smaller gap $C\,\log ^2\, N$, the added new ingredient being Selberg’s estimate for the mean-square of primes in short intervals. Here we give another proof of this sharper result which avoids the use of Selberg’s estimate and is therefore more in the spirit of Linnik’s original approach. We also improve an unconditional result of Lavrik’s on truncated froms of Parseval’s identity for exponential sums over primes.},
author = {Languasco, Alessandro, Perelli, Alberto},
journal = {Annales de l'institut Fourier},
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publisher = {Association des Annales de l'Institut Fourier},
title = {On Linnik's theorem on Goldbach numbers in short intervals and related problems},
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