A conditional proof of Legendre's Conjecture and Andrica's conjecture

Abstract

The Legendre conjecture has resisted analysis over a century, even under assumption of the Riemann Hypothesis. We present, a significant improvement on previous results by greatly reducing the assumption to a more modest statement called the Parity conjecture. Let pn and pn+1 be two consecutive odd primes, let m be their midpoint fixed once for all. Conjecture: The largest multiple of pn not exceeding mi2 is odd for every integer mi in the interval (pn, m]. Main result: We prove that the Parity conjecture implies Legendre's conjecture and Andrica's conjecture.

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