A lower bound for additive complements to the primes

We study the size of sets $\mathcal{B}\subseteq\mathbb{Z}_{\ge0}$ for which $\mathbb{P}+\mathcal{B}$ contains every sufficiently large integer. We obtain $B(X)\gg\log X\log\log X$, where $B(X)=\#(\mathcal{B}\cap[0,X])$ and the implied constant is absolute. This gives a quantitative form of Conjecture 2 of Ruzsa and excludes additive complements of size $O(\log X)$, as asked in one part of Erd\H{o}s Problem 32. More generally, we construct a block of $\lfloor c\log X\log\log X/(B(X)+1)\rfloor$ consecutive integers outside $\mathbb{P}+\mathcal{B}$ in $[X/2,X]$, whenever this number is positive.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-10-09
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23262196
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Analytic Number Theory Research
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A lower bound for additive complements to the primes

Artyom Olegovich Radomskii
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Analytic Number Theory Research
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A lower bound for additive complements to the primes

Artyom Olegovich Radomskii
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Abstract

We study the size of sets $\mathcal{B}\subseteq\mathbb{Z}_{\ge0}$ for which $\mathbb{P}+\mathcal{B}$ contains every sufficiently large integer. We obtain $B(X)\gg\log X\log\log X$, where $B(X)=\#(\mathcal{B}\cap[0,X])$ and the implied constant is absolute. This gives a quantitative form of Conjecture 2 of Ruzsa and excludes additive complements of size $O(\log X)$, as asked in one part of Erd\H{o}s Problem 32. More generally, we construct a block of $\lfloor c\log X\log\log X/(B(X)+1)\rfloor$ consecutive integers outside $\mathbb{P}+\mathcal{B}$ in $[X/2,X]$, whenever this number is positive.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
National Research University Higher School of Economics (RU)
Analytic Number Theory Research
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