Remainder-class independence conjecture for prime slopes

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Let f(x,y)f(x,y) be a homogeneous polynomial of degree nn, let F(t)=0t[f(1,y)n]2dyF(t)=\int_0^t[\sqrt[n]{f(1,y)}]^{-2}\,dy, and let a\mathfrak{a} be an ideal in Q[ξ]\mathbb{Q}[\xi], where ξ\xi is a root of f(x,1)f(x,1). Let Cfa(α,t1,t2,M)C_f^{\mathfrak{a}}(\alpha,t_1,t_2,M) count primes p=f(a,b)<Mp=f(a,b)<M with a+bξα(moda)a+b\xi\equiv\alpha\pmod{\mathfrak{a}}, where α\alpha is invertible modulo a\mathfrak{a}, and with 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 where FF is continuous, the remainder-class independence conjecture asserts

limMCfa(α,t1,t2,M)Cfa(β,t3,t4,M)=F(t2)F(t1)F(t4)F(t3),\lim_{M\rightarrow\infty}\frac{C_f^{\mathfrak{a}}(\alpha,t_1,t_2,M)}{C_f^{\mathfrak{a}}(\beta,t_3,t_4,M)}=\frac{F(t_2)-F(t_1)}{F(t_4)-F(t_3)},

independently of the remainders α\alpha and β\beta. This proposes that the normalized slope distribution is unaffected by the chosen invertible residue classes.

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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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