{ "id": "1708.04122", "version": "v1", "published": "2017-08-14T14:04:09.000Z", "updated": "2017-08-14T14:04:09.000Z", "title": "Fourier optimization and prime gaps", "authors": [ "Emanuel Carneiro", "Micah B. Milinovich", "Kannan Soundararajan" ], "comment": "29 pages", "categories": [ "math.NT", "math.CA" ], "abstract": "We investigate some extremal problems in Fourier analysis and their connection to a problem in prime number theory. In particular, we improve the current bounds for the largest possible gap between consecutive primes assuming the Riemann hypothesis.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2017-08-14T14:04:09.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "41A30", "11M06", "11M26", "11N05" ], "keywords": [ "prime gaps", "fourier optimization", "prime number theory", "fourier analysis", "extremal problems" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 29, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }