Conjectured unification of short-interval Goldbach and twin-prime results

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Let LL denote the logarithm parameter used in the paper, and let AA and BB be fixed positive constants. For integers rr and qq, let S(r,q,a)\mathfrak{S}(r,q,a) denote the relevant Goldbach singular series, and let the starred maximum range over reduced residue classes a(modq)a\pmod q satisfying (a−r,q)=1(a-r,q)=1. There exist absolute constants 0<θ,θ1,θ2<10<\theta,\theta_{1},\theta_{2}<1 such that, whenever

X1≥R≫X1θ1,X2≥Y≫X2θ2,R≪Yθ,X_{1}\geq R\gg X_{1}^{\theta_{1}},\qquad X_{2}\geq Y\gg X_{2}^{\theta_{2}},\qquad R\ll Y^{\theta},

Conjectured unification. The estimate

∑r∈[X1,X1+R]2∣r∑q≤Q \sideset∗max⁡a(q)(a−r,q)=1∣∑p2∈[X2,X2+Y]p2≡a(q)p2+p3=rlog⁡p2log⁡p3−S(r,q,a)Y∣≪RYLA\sum_{\substack{r\in [X_{1},X_1+R]\\2\mid r}} \sum_{q\leq Q} \: \sideset{}{^{\displaystyle *}}\max_{\substack{a \:(q) \\ (a-r,q)=1}} \Big| \sum_{\substack{p_2\in [X_{2},X_2+Y] \\ p_2\equiv a\;(q) \\ p_2+p_3=r }} \log p_2\log p_3 - \mathfrak{S}(r,q,a)Y \Big|\ll \frac{RY}{L^A}

holds for all Q≪YX2−1/2L−BQ\ll YX_{2}^{-1/2}L^{-B}. Here rr and p2p_{2} range over short intervals of lengths RR and YY, respectively; the Goldbach equation p2+p3=rp_2+p_3=r may instead be replaced by the twin equation p2−p3=rp_2-p_3=r. This proposed estimate would unify the paper's two classes of results, but the source gives no resolution and describes it as apparently beyond current methods.

References

Primary source

Karin Halupczok, “Goldbach's problem with primes in arithmetic progressions and in short intervals”, arXiv:1212.4406 (2012).

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