Small gaps between primes (Q5900391)

Let \(p_n\) be the \(n\)th prime number and \(\gamma\) the Euler's constant. The main result is that the inequality \(\Xi_r=\liminf_{n\to\infty}\frac{p_{n+r}-p_{n}}{\log p_n}\leq e^{-\gamma}\big(r-\frac {\sqrt{r}}{2}\big)\) holds for all \(r\geq 1\), \(r\in N\). In this paper, the author combined Goldston-Yildirim's method and Maier's method. The author noted that his result was appeared before \textit{D. A. Goldston, J. Pintz and C. Y. Yildirim} [Funct. Approximatio, Comment. Math. 35, 79--89 (2006;Zbl 1168.11041)] published a proof that \(\Xi_r\leq e^{-\gamma}(\sqrt{r}-1\big)^2\).