[Math] Does the Riemann-Hypothesis imply the Twin-Prime-Conjecture

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The Riemann hypothesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis)
is one of the most important conjectures in number theory. I read that the
Riemann hypothesis implies the Goldbach Conjecture and would allow much
better estimates for the prime-counting function.

What about the Twin-Prime-Conjecture ?

Would it follow from the Riemann-hypothesis ?

Best Answer

I'd say no. Many authors state that RH would tell us nothing more (about prime gaps) than $p_{n+1}-p_n \in \text{O}(\sqrt{p_n}\log p_n)$, which obviously doesn't imply TPC, and so it should not be unsafe to say RH doesn't imply TPC.

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