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arxiv: 1411.6543 · v1 · pith:OFOSSZJInew · submitted 2014-11-24 · 🧮 math.NT

Large gaps between consecutive prime numbers containing perfect powers

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For any positive integer $k$, we show that infinitely often, perfect $k$-th powers appear inside very long gaps between consecutive prime numbers, that is, gaps of size $$ c_k \frac{\log p \log_2 p \log_4 p}{(\log_3 p)^2}, $$ where $p$ is the smaller of the two primes.

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