On the Riemann Hypothesis and the Difference Between Primes

TL;DR

This paper investigates prime distribution under the Riemann hypothesis, establishing explicit bounds for prime gaps and improving known constants, with implications for Cramér's conjecture.

Contribution

It proves a new explicit prime interval result with improved constants and extends these results to larger x, refining understanding of prime distribution.

Findings

Existence of a prime in the interval $(x-rac{4}{\pi} \sqrt{x} \log x,x]$ for all $x \geq 2$

Reduction of the constant $4/\pi$ to $(1+\epsilon)$ for large $x$

Number of primes in $(x, x+c \sqrt{x} ext ext{log} x]$ exceeds $\sqrt{x}$ for $c=3+\epsilon$ and large $x$

Abstract

We prove some results concerning the distribution of primes on the Riemann hypothesis. First, we prove the explicit result that there exists a prime in the interval $(x-\frac{4}{\pi} \sqrt{x} \log x,x]$ for all $x \geq 2$; this improves a result of Ramar\'{e} and Saouter. We then show that the constant $4/\pi$ may be reduced to $(1+\epsilon)$ provided that $x$ is taken to be sufficiently large. From this we get an immediate estimate for a well-known theorem of Cram\'{e}r, in that we show the number of primes in the interval $(x, x+c \sqrt{x} \log x]$ is greater than $\sqrt{x}$ for $c=3+\epsilon$ and all sufficiently large $x$.