Skalba's density conjecture for primes dividing binary sums

Let TkT_k denote the set of primes pp dividing an integer of the form 2a1++2ak+12^{a_1}+\dots+2^{a_k}+1, where a1,,akNa_1,\ldots,a_k\in\mathbb{N}, and let Tk(X)T_k(X) be the number of such primes pXp\leq X. Skalba's conjecture.

T2(X)XlogX.T_2(X)\sim\frac{X}{\log X}.

This asserts that almost all primes divide an integer of the form 2a+2b+12^a+2^b+1. Skalba proved a partial result toward the conjecture, while the conjecture itself remains open.

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Christian Elsholtz, “Almost all primes have a multiple of small Hamming weight”, arXiv:1602.05974 (2016).

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