Gaps of powers of consecutive primes and some consequences

Authors Douglas R. M. Azevedo, Tiago B. S. Reis

Publication date 7 September 2017

Abstract: Let

p_{n}

denote the

n

-th prime number,

q_{n}

be a sequence of positive numbers and

x i n m a t h b b R

. In this note we prove that the inequality

q_n p_{n+1}^{x}-q_{n+1}p_{n}^{x}<p_{n}^{x}p_{n+1}^{x-1},

holds for infinitely many values of

n

. As it is shown, the key ingredient to obtain this behaviour is a consequence of an extension of the Kummer's characterization of convergent series of positive terms.

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