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Erdős problem 6

There are infinitely many nn such that dn<dn+1<dn+2d_n < d_{n+1} < d_{n+2}, where dd denotes the prime gap function.

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For all mm, there are infinitely many nn such that dn<dn+1<<dn+md_n < d_{n+1} < \dots < d_{n+m}, where dd denotes the prime gap function.

Proved by Banks, Freiberg, and Turnage-Butterbaugh [BFT15] with an application of the Maynard-Tao machinery concerning bounded gaps between primes [Ma15]

FormalConjectures/ErdosProblems/6.leanErdos6.erdos_6.variants.increasing1 lineExact file
∀ (m : ℕ), {n | ∀ iFinset.range m, primeGap (n + i) < primeGap (n + i + 1)}.Infinite
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