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arxiv: 1803.01925 · v1 · pith:6Y3JLFXXnew · submitted 2018-03-05 · 🧮 math.NT

Improved bounds on Brun's constant

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Brun's constant is $B=\sum_{p \in P_{2}} p^{-1} + (p+2)^{-1}$, where the summation is over all twin primes. We improve the unconditional bounds on Brun's constant to $1.840503 < B < 2.288513$, which is about a 13\% improvement on the previous best published result.

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