Fuchs–Sanden conjecture for prime and twin-prime circles

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

ΠT(P):=#{prime C∈P:curv⁡(C)≤T},ΠT(2)(P):=#{twin primes C1,C2∈P: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)log⁡T,ΠT(2)(P)∼c2NP(T)(log⁡T)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.

References

Primary source

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

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