Mcnew, Nathan Primitive and geometric-progression-free sets without large gaps. (English) Zbl 1469.11374 Acta Arith. 192, No. 1, 95-104 (2020). Summary: We prove the existence of primitive sets (sets of integers in which no element divides another) in which the gap between any two consecutive terms is substantially smaller than the best known upper bound for the gaps in the sequence of prime numbers. The proof uses the probabilistic method. Using the same techniques we improve the bounds obtained by X. He [J. Number Theory 151, 197–210 (2015; Zbl 1325.11014)] for gaps in geometric-progression Encyclopedia of Mathematics Wikipedia Wolfram MathWorld -free sets. Cited in 2 Documents MSC: 11N25 Distribution of integers with specified multiplicative constraints 11B05 Density, gaps, topology Keywords:geometric-progression-free sets; gaps Citations:Zbl 1325.11014 × Cite Format Result Cite Review PDF Full Text: DOI arXiv