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Combinatorics, Number theory
Translated sums of primitive sets
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 360 (2022), pp. 409-414.

The Erdős primitive set conjecture states that the sum f(A)= aA 1 aloga, ranging over any primitive set A of positive integers, is maximized by the set of prime numbers. Recently Laib, Derbal, and Mechik proved that the translated Erdős conjecture for the sum f(A,h)= aA 1 a(loga+h) is false starting at h=81, by comparison with semiprimes. In this note we prove that such falsehood occurs already at h=1.04, and show this translate is best possible for semiprimes. We also obtain results for translated sums of k-almost primes with larger k.

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DOI: 10.5802/crmath.285
Classification: 11N25, 11Y60, 11A05, 11M32

Jared Duker Lichtman 1

1 Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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Jared Duker Lichtman. Translated sums of primitive sets. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Volume 360 (2022), pp. 409-414. doi : 10.5802/crmath.285. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/mathematique/articles/10.5802/crmath.285/

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