Fuchs–Sanden conjecture for prime and twin-prime circles

Let P\mathcal P be a bounded primitive integral Apollonian packing. Define

ΠT(P):=#{prime CP:curv(C)T},ΠT(2)(P):=#{twin primes C1,C2P:curv(Ci)T}.\Pi_T(\mathcal P):=\#\{\text{prime }C\in\mathcal P:\operatorname{curv}(C)\le T\},\qquad \Pi_T^{(2)}(\mathcal P):=\#\{\text{twin primes }C_1,C_2\in\mathcal P:\operatorname{curv}(C_i)\le T\}.

Here NP(T)N_{\mathcal P}(T) denotes the relevant circle-counting function. Fuchs–Sanden conjecture. As TT tends to infinity,

ΠT(P)c1NP(T)logT,ΠT(2)(P)c2NP(T)(logT)2,\Pi_T(\mathcal P)\sim c_1\frac{N_{\mathcal P}(T)}{\log T},\qquad \Pi_T^{(2)}(\mathcal P)\sim c_2\frac{N_{\mathcal P}(T)}{(\log T)^2},

where c1>0c_1>0 and c2>0c_2>0 can be given explicitly. Upper bounds of the true order of magnitude are known, but the corresponding lower bounds remain open and very challenging.

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Primary source

Hee Oh, “Apollonian circle packings: Dynamics and Number theory”, arXiv:1312.1383 (2014).

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