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Small gaps between primes
- Abstract:
- We introduce a refinement of the GPY sieve method for studying prime kk-tuples and small gaps between primes. This refinement avoids previous limitations of the method and allows us to show that for each kk, the prime kk-tuples conjecture holds for a positive proportion of admissible kk-tuples. In particular, lim infn(pn+m−pn)<∞lim infn(pn+m−pn)<∞ for every integer mm. We also show that lim inf(pn+1−pn)≤600lim inf(pn+1−pn)≤600 and, if we assume the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture, that lim infn(pn+1−pn)≤12lim infn(pn+1−pn)≤12 and lim infn(pn+2−pn)≤600lim infn(pn+2−pn)≤600.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.4007/annals.2015.181.1.7
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- Princeton University, Department of Mathematics
- Journal:
- Annals of Mathematics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 181
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 383-413
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2014-03-25
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0003-486X
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pubs:518918
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pubs:518918
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- Department of Mathematics, Princeton University
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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pre-print version of a journal article published by The Department of Mathematics, Princeton University in Annals of Mathematics on 2015-01-01, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.4007/annals.2015.181.1.7
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