A proof of the twin prime conjecture

Abstract

In this paper, we prove the twin prime conjecture showing that \begin{align} \sum \limits_{\substack{p\leq x\\p,p+2\in \mathbb{P}}}1\geq (1+o(1))\frac{x}{2\mathcal{C}\log^2 x}\nonumber \end{align} where $\mathcal{C}:=\mathcal{C}(2)>0$ fixed and $\mathbb{P}$ is the set of all prime numbers. In particular, it implies \begin{align} \sum \limits_{p,p+2\in \mathbb{P}}1=\infty\nonumber \end{align} when we take $x\longrightarrow \infty$ on both sides of the inequality. We start by developing a general method for estimating correlations of the form \begin{align} \sum \limits_{n\leq x}G(n)G(n+l)\nonumber \end{align} for a fixed $1\leq l\leq x$ and where $G:\mathbb{N}\longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}$.

Theorems & Definitions (12)

• Theorem 1.1
• Theorem 2.1
• proof
• Corollary 2.2
• proof
• Theorem 2.3
• proof
• Theorem 3.1
• proof
• Corollary 3.2