The short-interval prime conjecture

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For a real number θ>0\theta>0 and sufficiently large xx, the interval [x,x+xθ][x,x+x^\theta] contains a prime number. The short-interval prime conjecture. Given θ>0\theta>0, for all sufficiently large xx, the interval

[x,x+xθ][x,x+x^\theta]

contains a prime number. This is a conjecture from prime number theory; the source notes that it is known for all θ>0.525\theta>0.525, while the paper assumes it in proving its main theorem.

References

Primary source

Ernie Croot, “A Structure Theorem for Positive Density Sets Having the Minimal Number of 3-term Arithmetic Progressions”, arXiv:math/0305318 (2003).

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