Hardy-field prime recurrence conjecture for one function

Let H\mathcal{H} be the Hardy field under consideration, let aHa\in\mathcal{H} have polynomial growth, and assume

limt+a(t)cp(t)=+\lim_{t\to+\infty}|a(t)-cp(t)|=+\infty

for every cRc\in\mathbb{R} and p(t)Z[t]p(t)\in\mathbb{Z}[t]. Let (X,X,μ,T)(X,\mathcal{X},\mu,T) be a measure-preserving system, let AXA\subset X have positive measure, and let kNk\in\mathbb{N}. Hardy-field prime recurrence conjecture. The set

{nN:μ(ATa(n)ATka(n)A)>0}\left\{n\in\mathbb{N}:\mu\left(A\cap T^{-\lfloor a(n)\rfloor}A\cap\dots\cap T^{-k\lfloor a(n)\rfloor}A\right)>0\right\}

has non-empty intersection with the primes P\mathbb{P}. The source says the result is close to being established but notes examples not covered by the paper's methods; the conjecture is therefore open.

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Primary source

Andreas Koutsogiannis and Konstantinos Tsinas, “Ergodic averages for sparse sequences along primes”, arXiv:2309.04939 (2023).

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