Small gaps between Goldbach primes

Abstract

We study small gaps between Goldbach primes $\mathbb{P}\cap (N-\mathbb{P})$ using the Bombieri-Davenport method and the Maynard-Tao method, and compare the two. We show that for almost all even integers $N$, the smallest gap in $\mathbb{P}\cap (N-\mathbb{P})$ is at most $0.765\dots$ times the average gap, using the Bombieri-Davenport method. This improves a recent result of Tsuda. We also demonstrate that a straightforward application of the Maynard-Tao method is insufficient to improve this bound. However, it allows us to establish the existence of bounded gaps between Goldbach primes with bounded error for almost all even integers $N$.

44 pages. Terminology updated (strongly admissible -> Goldbach-admissible); minor language edits