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Short intervals for the Romanoff-type sumset

Yuchen Ding,Johann Verwee

2026 · ArXiv: 2602.14368
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Abstract

Let XX be large and let P\mathcal P denote the set of primes. Fix positive real parameters r1,…,rsr_1,\dots,r_s and a parameter λ>0\lambda>0 determined by a balancing relation, and let Aλ(X)⊂[1,2X]\mathcal A_\lambda(X)\subset[1,2X] be the associated lacunary set generated by sums of powers of 22 with polynomially growing exponents. Set Sλ:=P+Aλ(X)\mathcal S_\lambda:=\mathcal P+\mathcal A_\lambda(X). Fix ε>0\varepsilon>0, choose θ\theta with 2/15+ε<θ<1−δ02/15+\varepsilon<\theta<1-\delta_0, where δ0>0\delta_0>0 is an absolute constant, and set h=Xθh=X^\theta. We prove that for all but Oε(Xexp⁡(−cε(log⁡X)1/4))O_\varepsilon\left(X\exp\left(-c_\varepsilon(\log X)^{1/4}\right)\right) values of x∈[X,2X]x\in[X,2X], the short interval (x,x+h](x,x+h] contains between cεhc_\varepsilon h and CεhC_\varepsilon h integers of the form p+ap+a with p∈Pp\in\mathcal P and a∈Aλ(X)a\in\mathcal A_\lambda(X).