A poor man's improvement on Zhang's result: there are infinitely many prime gaps less than 60 million

2013/05/28 by T. S. Trudgian, Trudgian, T. S.
Mathematics · #11N32 #11P32 #FOS: Mathematics #Number Theory (math.NT) #math.NT #msc:11N32 #msc:11P32

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1305.6369

2 pages, 1 table. In version 2 I have included some some references to recent developments

arxiv created 2013/06/04 · arxiv updated 2013/06/05

Abstract

Taking the easy option I prove that one can lower Zhang's bound on prime gaps from 70 million to 60 million. A poor man's improvement indeed!

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