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6 powers of 2 in the Linnik--Goldbach problem

Huixi Li, Zhixin Liu

math.NTarXiv:2610.15784

Abstract

Linnik's approximation to Goldbach's conjecture concerns the representation of sufficiently large even integers as the sum of two primes and a bounded number of powers of two. We prove that 6 powers of 2 suffice unconditionally and that 5 suffice under the GRH, improving previous works.

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