On the sum of a prime and a square-free number with divisibility conditions

Abstract

Every integer greater than two can be expressed as the sum of a prime and a square-free number. Expanding on recent work, we provide explicit and asymptotic results when divisibility conditions are imposed on the square-free number. For example, we show for odd $k\leq 10^5$ and even $k\leq 2\cdot 10^5$ that any even integer $n\geq 40$ can be expressed as the sum of a prime and a squarefree number coprime to $k$. We also discuss applications to other Goldbach-like problems.