The exceptional set of Goldbach problem and Linnik's constant

Abstract

Let $E(X)$ denote the number of even integers below $X$ which are not a sum of two primes. We prove the bound $E(X)=O(X^{\frac{7}{10}})$, where the implicit constant is ineffective. The method applied here also leads to $P(q)=O(q^5)$, where $P(q)$ denotes the least prime, if it exists, in any arithmetic progression modulo $q$.

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