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On a theorem of P. J. Cohen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

H. Davenport
Affiliation:
Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Let N be a large positive integer and let n1, …, nN be any N distinct integers. Let

Hardy and Littlewood proposed the problem: to find a lower bound for

in terms of N, this lower bound to be a function of N which tends to infinity with N. It is easily seen, on examining the case when n1, …, nN art in arithmetic progression, that a lower bound of higher order than log N is impossible.

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Copyright © University College London 1960

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