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    On elementary estimates for sum of some functions in certain arithmetic progressions

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    In this paper we establish, by elementary means, estimates for the sum of some functions in certain arithmetic progressions.Comment: typos correcte

    A remark on the strong Goldbach conjecture

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    Under the assumption that nNΥ(n)Υ(Nn)>0\sum \limits_{n\leq N}\Upsilon(n)\Upsilon(N-n)>0, we show that for all even number N>6N>6 \begin{align} \sum \limits_{n\leq N}\Upsilon(n)\Upsilon(N-n)=(1+o(1))K\sum \limits_{p|N}\sum \limits_{\substack{n\leq N/p}}\Lambda_{0}(n)\Lambda_{0}(N/p-n)\nonumber \end{align}for some constant K>0K>0, and where Υ\Upsilon and Λ0\Lambda_{0} denotes the master and the truncated Von mangoldt function, respectively. Using this estimate, we relate the Goldbach problem to the problem of showing that for all N>6N>6 (N2p)(N\neq 2p), If pNnN/pΛ0(n)Λ0(N/pn)>0\sum \limits_{p|N}\sum \limits_{\substack{n\leq N/p}}\Lambda_{0}(n)\Lambda_{0}(N/p-n)>0, then nN/pΛ0(n)Λ0(N/pn)>0\sum \limits_{\substack{n\leq N/p}}\Lambda_{0}(n)\Lambda_{0}(N/p-n)>0 for each prime pNp|N.Comment: 6 pages; several corrections mad

    A new upper bound for the prime counting function π(x)\pi(x)

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    In this paper we bring to light an upper bound for the prime counting function π(x)\pi(x) using elementary methods, that holds not only for large positive real numbers but for all positive reals. It puts a threshold on the number of primes pxp\leq x for any given xx

    The master function and applications

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    In this paper we introduce a function that is neither additive nor multiplicative, and is somewhat akin to the Von Mangoldt function. As an application we show that \begin{align}\sum \limits_{p\leq x/2}\frac{\pi(p)}{p}\geq (1+o(1))\log \log x\nonumber \end{align}as xx\longrightarrow \infty, and \begin{align}\sum \limits_{p\leq x/2}\theta(x/p)\bigg(\frac{\log x}{\log p}-1\bigg)^{-1}\ll x\log \log x \nonumber \end{align} where pp runs over the primes.Comment: 5 page
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