Is this true that $n\log\left(\frac{p_n}{p_{n+1}}\right)$ is bounded, where $p_n$ is the $n$-th prime number?
2026-04-08 09:03:54.1775639034
Do prime numbers satisfy this?
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Seems unbounded:
Let $g_n = p_{n+1} - p_n$ be the prime gap, then Westzynthius's result (see link below) states that $\lim\sup \left[ g_n/(\log p_n) \right] = \infty$, hence
$$\lim \sup n \log(p_{n+1}/p_n) = \lim \sup n \log (1 + g_n/p_n) = \lim \sup n g_n/ p _n = \lim \sup g_n/\log n = \infty$$
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cram%C3%A9r%27s_conjecture