Bateman–Horn conjecture for pairs of linear forms

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Let f1(t)=a1t+b1f_1(t)=a_1t+b_1 and f2(t)=a2t+b2f_2(t)=a_2t+b_2 be linear forms with integers a1,a2,b1,b2a_1,a_2,b_1,b_2 and a1,a2>0a_1,a_2>0. Set f=f1f2f=f_1f_2, and suppose that ff is admissible, meaning that it does not vanish identically modulo any prime. For each prime pp, let ωf(p)\omega_f(p) denote the number of x∈Fpx\in\mathbb{F}_p such that f(x)=0f(x)=0. Bateman–Horn conjecture. If f1f_1 and f2f_2 are admissible, then

#{x≤X:f1(x),f2(x) prime}∼CfX(log⁡X)2,\#\{x\leq X:f_1(x),f_2(x)\text{ prime}\}\sim\frac{C_fX}{(\log X)^2},

where

Cf:=∏p primep(p−ωf(p))(p−1)2.C_f:=\prod_{p\text{ prime}}\frac{p(p-\omega_f(p))}{(p-1)^2}.

In particular, the infinite product defining CfC_f converges. This is the two-linear-form case of the Bateman–Horn conjecture; according to the supplied status evidence, the only proven case of Bateman–Horn is the prime number theorem for arithmetic progressions, corresponding to one linear polynomial. Thus this claim is resolved in the database as a known conjectural statement rather than an open case.

References

Primary source

Florian Luca, James Maynard, Armand Noubissie, Joël Ouaknine and James Worrell, “Skolem Meets Bateman-Horn”, arXiv:2308.01152 (2024).

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