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Problem #15: Alternating Sum Over Primes

Erdos suggested computer exploration, seeing no other method to attack this.

Problem Statement

Does the series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^n\frac{n}{p_n}$ converge?

Categories: Number Theory Primes

Progress

Major Progress

Terence Tao: Proved convergence assuming a strong form of the Hardy-Littlewood prime tuples conjecture.

Sawhney: Demonstrated absolute convergence for weighted variants with exponent $c > 2$.

Source: erdosproblems.com/15 | Last verified: January 13, 2026

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