On Chen's theorem, Goldbach's conjecture and almost prime twins

Runbo Li

Published 2024-05-09, updated 2024-05-13Version 2

Let $N$ denotes a sufficiently large even integer, we define $D_{1,2}(N)$ as the same as those in previous articles about Chen's theorem. In this paper, we show that $D_{1,2}(N) \geqslant 1.267 \frac{C(N) N}{(\log N)^2}$, improving previous record of Wu about $40\%$. We also get similar results on twin prime problem and additive representations of integers. An important step in the proof is the application of a theorem of Lichtman.