Erdős–Pólya–Turán conjecture for linear forms in consecutive prime gaps

Let dn=pnpn1d_n=p_n-p_{n-1} be the gap between consecutive primes, let \ell be a positive integer, and let α1,,α\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_\ell be real numbers. Consider the expression

i=1αidn+i.\sum_{i=1}^{\ell}\alpha_i d_{n+i}.

Erdős–Pólya–Turán conjecture. The expression i=1αidn+i\sum_{i=1}^{\ell}\alpha_i d_{n+i} changes sign infinitely often as nn runs through all integers if and only if the nonzero elements among α1,,α\alpha_1,\dots,\alpha_\ell do not all have the same sign.

This is presented as an equivalent formulation of the conjecture about linear forms in consecutive primes. The paper says that the original conjecture is proved there using recent ideas on bounded gaps between primes, but the supplied status is unknown.

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János Pintz, “On a conjecture of ErdŐs, Pólya and Turán on consecutive gaps between primes”, arXiv:1504.06860 (2015).

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