Equidistribution conjecture for slopes of primes represented by homogeneous polynomials

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Let f(x,y)f(x,y) be a homogeneous polynomial of degree nn, and define

F(t)=0tdy[f(1,y)n]2.F(t)=\int_0^t\frac{dy}{[\sqrt[n]{f(1,y)}]^2}.

Let Cf(t1,t2,M)C_f(t_1,t_2,M) count primes p=f(a,b)<Mp=f(a,b)<M satisfying F1(t1)<b/a<F1(t2)F^{-1}(t_1)<b/a<F^{-1}(t_2). For t1<t2t_1<t_2 and t3<t4t_3<t_4 in an interval (0,T)(0,T) on which FF is continuous, the slope-distribution conjecture asserts

limMCf(t1,t2,M)Cf(t3,t4,M)=F(t2)F(t1)F(t4)F(t3).\lim_{M\rightarrow\infty}\frac{C_f(t_1,t_2,M)}{C_f(t_3,t_4,M)}=\frac{F(t_2)-F(t_1)}{F(t_4)-F(t_3)}.

This gives the precise interval-ratio form of the general slope distribution and is supported by the paper's computations for several polynomial degrees.

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Ivan Horozov, Nickola Horozov and Zouberou Sayibou, “Distribution of primes represented by polynomials and Multiple Dedekind zeta functions”, arXiv:2207.14053 (2022).

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