Six-primes conjecture for orders of PSL2(p){\rm PSL}_2(p)

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Consider the four cases (a)–(d) for a prime pp, in which the relevant factors of p−1p-1 and p+1p+1 are required to be prime; equivalently, each case gives a triple of linear polynomials whose values must all be prime. Six-primes conjecture. There are infinitely many primes pp satisfying the conditions in each of cases (a)–(d), and consequently infinitely many groups PSL2(p){\rm PSL}_2(p) whose order is a product of six primes. The Bateman–Horn numerical estimates provide strong heuristic evidence, but no proof is known.

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Gareth A. Jones and Alexander K. Zvonkin, “Orders of simple groups and the Bateman–Horn Conjecture”, arXiv:2209.06510 (2022).

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