Tightened Goldbach conjecture

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Let N\mathbb{N} denote the natural numbers and P\mathbb{P} the primes. For each n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} with n≥6n\geq 6, let knk_n be the index of the uniquely determined prime pkn∈Pp_{k_n}\in\mathbb{P} satisfying

pkn2+pkn≤2⋅n<pkn+12+pkn+1.p_{k_n}^2+p_{k_n}\leq 2\cdot n<p_{k_n+1}^2+p_{k_n+1}.

Tightened Goldbach conjecture. For all n≥6n\geq 6, there exist primes q1,q2∈Pq_1,q_2\in\mathbb{P} such that

pkn<q1<pkn2,q1+q2=2⋅n.p_{k_n}<q_1<p_{k_n}^2,\qquad q_1+q_2=2\cdot n.

The source reports verification for all nn with 12≤2⋅n≤10812\leq 2\cdot n\leq 10^8, but gives no proof for the remaining cases.

References

Primary source

Mario Ziller and John F. Morack, “Divisibility in paired progressions, Goldbach's conjecture, and the infinitude of prime pairs”, arXiv:1706.00317 (2017).

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