A Roughness-Explicit Chen Theorem for Goldbach Representations

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contents <p>We prove a roughness-explicit Chen-type theorem for the binary Goldbach problem. For every fixed $\varepsilon>0$ and every sufficiently large even integer $N$, there is a representation<br>\[<br>  N=p+m,\qquad p\in\mathbb P,\qquad m\in P_{\le2},\qquad P^-(m)>N^{0.2665-\varepsilon}.<br>\]<br>More precisely the same conclusion holds for every fixed $\alpha<\alpha_*$, where<br>\[<br>  0.26653256<\alpha_*<0.26653257.<br>\]<br>The proof uses a one-start Buchstab decomposition beginning at $\beta=25/224$, large-residue Goldbach distribution estimates in the Li--Lichtman framework for the base and one-prime branches, and a sign-safe Buchstab refinement of the switched Type-III upper bound for the exact three-prime contamination. The coefficient inequalities are verified by an accompanying interval-arithmetic certificate. A stronger exponent $0.2667$ is recorded only as a conditional refinement, because it requires a switched Type-III level not supplied by the quoted distribution theorem.</p>
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spellingShingle A Roughness-Explicit Chen Theorem for Goldbach Representations
Ratliff, Marshall
Sieve Theory
Sieve Methods
Goldbach Conjecture
Rough Numbers
Analytic Number Theory
<p>We prove a roughness-explicit Chen-type theorem for the binary Goldbach problem. For every fixed $\varepsilon>0$ and every sufficiently large even integer $N$, there is a representation<br>\[<br>  N=p+m,\qquad p\in\mathbb P,\qquad m\in P_{\le2},\qquad P^-(m)>N^{0.2665-\varepsilon}.<br>\]<br>More precisely the same conclusion holds for every fixed $\alpha<\alpha_*$, where<br>\[<br>  0.26653256<\alpha_*<0.26653257.<br>\]<br>The proof uses a one-start Buchstab decomposition beginning at $\beta=25/224$, large-residue Goldbach distribution estimates in the Li--Lichtman framework for the base and one-prime branches, and a sign-safe Buchstab refinement of the switched Type-III upper bound for the exact three-prime contamination. The coefficient inequalities are verified by an accompanying interval-arithmetic certificate. A stronger exponent $0.2667$ is recorded only as a conditional refinement, because it requires a switched Type-III level not supplied by the quoted distribution theorem.</p>
title A Roughness-Explicit Chen Theorem for Goldbach Representations
topic Sieve Theory
Sieve Methods
Goldbach Conjecture
Rough Numbers
Analytic Number Theory
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20377091