Mitra–Paul–Sarkar's conjecture on primes in multiplicative intervals

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Let m,n∈\mathdsNm,n\in\mathds{N}, let π(x)\pi(x) denote the prime-counting function, and let ⌈⋅⌉\lceil\cdot\rceil denote the ceiling function. Mitra–Paul–Sarkar's conjecture. If

n≥⌈1.1log⁡2.5m⌉,n\geq \lceil 1.1\log 2.5m\rceil,

then

π(mn)−π(n)≥m−1.\pi(mn)-\pi(n)\geq m-1.

This conjecture gives a lower bound for the number of primes in the interval (n,mn](n,mn]. The source presents it as a conjecture of Mitra, Paul, and Sarkar; its resolution status is not established in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Christian Axler, “On generalized Ramanujan primes”, arXiv:1401.7179 (2016).

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