On an inverse ternary Goldbach problem

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Abstract

We prove an inverse ternary Goldbach-type result. Let N be sufficiently large and c >0 be sufficiently small. If A1, A2, A3 ⊂ [N] are subsets with |A1|, |A2|, |A3| ≥ N1/3c, then A1+ A2+ A3 contains a composite number. This improves on the bound N1/3+o(1) obtained by using Gallagher’s larger sieve. The main ingredients in our argument include a type of inverse sieve result in the larger sieve regime, and a variant of the analytic large sieve inequality.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1167-1191
Number of pages25
JournalAmerican Journal of Mathematics
Volume138
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2016

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