Asymptotic distribution of prime terms in sk(n)s_k(n)

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Let (sk(n))k≥0(s_k(n))_{k\geq 0} be the sequence associated with the positive integer nn. For a fixed nn, define (kN)N≥1(k_N)_{N\geq 1} by requiring that skN(n)s_{k_N}(n) is the NNth prime term of (sk(n))k≥0(s_k(n))_{k\geq 0}. Let

λ=n+n2−42,\lambda=\frac{n+\sqrt{n^2-4}}{2},

and let γ\gamma be the Euler–Mascheroni constant. Asymptotic prime-distribution conjecture for sk(n)s_k(n). If n≥3n\geq 3 and n≠Tp(j)n\neq\mathcal{T}_p(j) for every prime pp and every integer j≥3j\geq 3, then, as N→∞N\to\infty,

log⁡log⁡skN(n)∼CN,\log\log s_{k_N}(n)\sim C N,

where

C=e−γlog⁡λ.C=e^{-\gamma}\log\sqrt{\lambda}.

Numerical evidence for small values of nn supports the predicted linear behaviour and the constant, but the asymptotic remains unproved.

References

Primary source

Andrew N. W. Hone, L. Edson Jeffery and Robert G. Selcoe, “On a family of sequences related to Chebyshev polynomials”, arXiv:1802.01793 (2018).

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