The twin-prime distribution conjecture in arithmetic progressions

Let a,qa,q be positive integers such that (a(a+2),q)=1(a(a+2),q)=1. Let Π2\Pi_2 denote the twin-prime constant, let φ2(q)\varphi_2(q) denote the corresponding arithmetic-progression factor, and let oq(1)o_q(1) tend to zero as xx tends to infinity with qq fixed. Twin-prime distribution conjecture. The number of twin primes pxp\leq x satisfying pa(modq)p\equiv a\pmod q should satisfy

#{twin primes p:pa(modq)}=(2Π2+oq(1))xφ2(q)log2x.\#\{\text{twin primes }p:p\equiv a\pmod q\}=(2\Pi_2+o_q(1))\frac{x}{\varphi_2(q)\log^2x}.

This is motivated by the Cramér random model and asks whether twin primes are equidistributed among arithmetic progressions in the expected way. It remains open, as does the underlying twin prime conjecture.

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Paweł Lewulis, “Chen primes in arithmetic progressions”, arXiv:1601.02873 (2018).

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