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Chen's Theorem with Small Primes

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Let N be a sufficiently large even integer. In this paper it is proved that the equation

$$ \begin{array}{*{20}c} {{N = p + P_{2} ,}} & {{p \leqslant N^{{0.95}} ,}} \\ \end{array} $$

is solvable, where p denotes a prime and P 2 denotes an almost prime with at most two prime factors.

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Cai, Y.C. Chen's Theorem with Small Primes. Acta Math Sinica 18, 597–604 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101140200168

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