Six Primes and an Almost Prime in Four Linear Equations

Abstract

Abstract There are infinitely many triplets of primes p, q, r such that the arithmetic means of any two of them, are also primes. We give an asymptotic formula for the number of such triplets up to a limit. The more involved problem of asking that in addition to the above the arithmetic mean of all three of them, is also prime seems to be out of reach. We show by combining the Hardy-Littlewood method with the sieve method that there are quite a few triplets for which six of the seven entries are primes and the last is almost prime.

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• Canadian Journal of Mathematics - View - PDF