Intersective sets contain a difference of two primes

Let P\mathbb{P} denote the set of primes, and let PP={pq:p,qP}\mathbb{P}-\mathbb{P}=\{p-q:p,q\in\mathbb{P}\}. A set RNR\subset\mathbb{N} is intersective if it meets SSS-S for every subset SNS\subset\mathbb{N} of positive upper density.

Intersective prime-difference conjecture. For every intersective set RR,

R(PP).R\cap(\mathbb{P}-\mathbb{P})\neq\varnothing.

The paper explains that this would follow for every intersective set from the stronger expected inclusion PP2Z\mathbb{P}-\mathbb{P}\supset 2\mathbb{Z}, but seeks the stated conclusion unconditionally. Its status is open.

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Pierre-Yves Bienvenu, John T. Griesmer, Anh N. Le and Thái Hoàng Lê, “Intersective sets for sparse sets of integers”, arXiv:2401.07758 (2024).

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