Small gaps between products of two primes
Abstract
Let $q_n$ denote the $n^{th}$ number that is a product of exactly two distinct primes. We prove that $$\liminf_{n\to \infty} (q_{n+1}-q_n) \le 6.$$ This sharpens an earlier result of the authors (arXivMath NT/0506067), which had 26 in place of 6. More generally, we prove that if $\nu$ is any positive integer, then $$ \liminf_{n\to \infty} (q_{n+\nu}-q_n) \le C(\nu) = \nu e^{\nu-\gamma} (1+o(1)).$$ We also prove several other results on the representation of numbers with exactly two prime factors by linear forms.
- Publication:
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arXiv Mathematics e-prints
- Pub Date:
- September 2006
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.math/0609615
- arXiv:
- arXiv:math/0609615
- Bibcode:
- 2006math......9615G
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Number Theory
- E-Print:
- 11N25 (primary) 11N36 (secondary)