On Hölder maps and prime gaps

DOI10.14321/REALANALEXCH.46.2.0523MaRDI QIDQ2054590zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Haipeng Chen, Jonathan M. Fraser

Publication date 3 December 2021

Published in Real Analysis Exchange (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.09947, https://projecteuclid.org/journals/real-analysis-exchange/volume-46/issue-2/ON-H%c3%96LDER-MAPS-AND-PRIME-GAPS/10.14321/realanalexch.46.2.0523.full

zbMATH Keywords

primesLipschitz mapsprime gapsCramér's conjectureHölder maps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lipschitz (Hölder) classes (26A16) Distribution of primes (11N05)

Abstract: Let $p_n$ denote the $n$th prime, and consider the function $1/nmapsto1/p_n$ which maps the reciprocals of the positive integers bijectively to the reciprocals of the primes. We show that H"older continuity of this function is equivalent to a parameterised family of Cram'er type estimates on the gaps between successive primes. Here the parameterisation comes from the H"older exponent. In particular, we show that Cram'er's conjecture is equivalent to the map $1/nmapsto1/p_n$ being Lipschitz. On the other hand, we show that the inverse map $1/p_{n}mapsto1/n$ is H"older of all orders but not Lipshitz and this is independent of Cram'er's conjecture.

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