Theorem · version 2

A gap bound of 186 from explicit input assumptions

Earlier version 2. View current version 3 →

Statement

If PrimeGap186.kloosterman3_bound, PrimeGap186.kloosterman2_correlation_bound and PrimeGap186.physical_integral_bounds hold in the precise forms specified by the pinned development, then H1≤186H_1\le186.

Assumptions

  • The rank-three Kloosterman bound in the source.
  • The rank-two correlation bound in the source.
  • All source physical-integral and cap bounds.

Scope

A proved conditional deduction. The two literature estimates and numerical input remain project axioms; OpenMath has not verified or discharged them.

Evidence

Formal proofs

Connections

In this problem · publication v2 · Selected context

How small can prime gaps be? →

Conditional result · Proved

Scope: The formal source derives 186 only from its three documented mathematical input axioms.

Limit: Discharge or independently justify all input assumptions before treating this as an unconditional improvement.

Nested results concern the same prime-gap limit; they are not separate portions of a solved problem.

Related results · 5

Relationship not independently reviewed. This concerns its use in this problem.

In this problem · publication v3

How small can prime gaps be? →

Conditional result · Proved

Scope: The formal source derives 186 only from its three documented mathematical input axioms.

Limit: Discharge or independently justify all input assumptions before treating this as an unconditional improvement.

Nested results concern the same prime-gap limit; they are not separate portions of a solved problem.

Related results · 5

Relationship not independently reviewed. This concerns its use in this problem.

Sources

Prime gaps at most 186: a conditional Lean development →

  • README input axioms and verification; PrimeGaps186.lean → · Original passage ↗
    Recorded wording

    The endpoint derives a gap bound of 186 from two unproved-in-Lean exponential-sum estimates and an unproved-in-Lean physical integral input. A separate numerical certificate does not discharge those axioms.

    paraphrase · OpenMath supplies original paraphrases and links; no proof text is republished.

OpenAI · PrimeGaps186 contributors · Project documentation · Publication date Sep 2, 2026

Public formal source; build and independent mathematical review are separate checks.

Revision & attribution

Source revision: 61340d0b74163003b32756bb16e91d9209a5e330. Observed Oct 13, 2026.

The project is an OpenAI formal development. Its explicit assumptions and certificate work are recorded separately from an unconditional mathematical improvement.

Source updated Sep 2, 2026.

Prime gaps at most 186: a conditional Lean development — pinned source: 61340d0b74163003b32756bb16e91d9209a5e330.

Variants of the Selberg sieve, and bounded intervals containing many primes →

D. H. J. Polymath · Published · Publication date 2014

Peer-reviewed historical result.

Revision & attribution

Source revision: 2014. Observed Oct 13, 2026.

No AI contribution is asserted by this source record.

A new bound for small gaps between primes →

François Charton · Letong Hong · Kenny Lau · Ken Ono · Guillaume Remy · Ho Chung Siu · Ashvin A. Swaminathan · Jesse Thorner · Yunzhou Xie · Preprint · Publication date Sep 3, 2026

Public manuscript or exposition; publication does not imply independent OpenMath review.

Revision & attribution

Source revision: 2026-09-03. Observed Oct 13, 2026.

The nine authors supply the mathematics, building on Julia Stadlmann and earlier sieve work. AxiomProver is credited with generating a formal deduction; this is not a claim that the model independently discovered the mathematical bound.

Source updated Sep 3, 2026.

History

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Assessment history · 1

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Record details
Claim ID
claim-prime-gaps-186-conditional
Statement version
2
SHA-256
b9a3eb32fea1f8d378da259848fe787e315a8e0c9a970b6b2340d8acac2922da

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