On estimations of trigonometric sums over primes in short intervals. III (Q750506)

This third paper in the series [parts I and II, cf. Sci. China, Ser. A 32, 408-416, 641-653 (1989; Zbl 0671.10032, Zbl 0684.10034)] is still on the ternary Goldbach problem with almost equal primes, that is the solutions to \(N=p_ 1+p_ 2+p_ 3\) where N is a given large odd number and \(p_ i\) are primes satisfying \(| p_ i-p_ j| \ll N^{\theta}\) for some \(\theta <1\). By applying the recent result of \textit{W. Zhan} [Chin. Ann. Math., Ser. A 11, No.1, 121-127 (1990; Zbl 0699.10058)] on zero density estimates of L-functions in short intervals, the authors now improve the earlier upper estimates of \(\theta\) in their second paper from 91/96 to 2/3.