An estimate of the difference between sequences of primes

DOI10.1007/BF01056833MaRDI QIDQ1084428zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. B. Ben'yaminov

Publication date 1986

Published in Ukrainian Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01056833

zbMATH Keywords

difference between consecutive primesfallacious proof

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primes (11A41) Distribution of primes (11N05)

Review text

Let \(p_n\) denote the \(n\)-th prime. The author claims to have proved \[ \sqrt{p_{n+1}}-\sqrt{p_n}=o(1) \text{ as } n\to \infty, \tag{1}\] but when one analyzes his ``proof, it is seen that he uses \((2)\ p_{n+1}- p_ n\ll \log^{\alpha} p_ n\) (for some suitable, fixed \(\alpha >2)\), and (2) is much stronger than (1) and to this day unproved. A fallacious proof of the famous conjecture ``Between any two squares there is always a prime is also included.

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