The first Hardy–Littlewood conjecture for prime constellations

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Let 0<m1<m2<<mk0<m_1<m_2<\cdots<m_k be integers. Define P=(p,p+2m1,p+2m2,,p+2mk)P=(p,p+2m_1,p+2m_2,\dots,p+2m_k) and let πP(x)\pi_P(x) denote the number of primes pxp\leq x for which all of p,p+2m1,p+2m2,,p+2mkp,p+2m_1,p+2m_2,\dots,p+2m_k are prime. For a prime qq, let w(q;2m1,2m2,,2mk)w(q;2m_1,2m_2,\dots,2m_k) be the number of distinct residues of 0,2m1,2m2,,2mk0,2m_1,2m_2,\dots,2m_k modulo qq. The tuple is admissible when it does not form a complete residue class modulo any prime.

First Hardy–Littlewood conjecture. Unless PP forms a complete residue class with respect to some prime, πP(x)\pi_P(x) is asymptotic to

2kq prime\q3(11q)k1(1w(q;2m1,2m2,,2mk)q)2x1(logt)k+1dt.2^k\prod_{\substack{q\text{ prime}\q\geq3}}\left(1-\frac{1}{q}\right)^{-k-1}\left(1-\frac{w(q;2m_1,2m_2,\dots,2m_k)}{q}\right)\int_{2}^{x}\frac{1}{(\log t)^{k+1}}\,dt.

This is the prime-constellation generalization of the prime number theorem, predicting the asymptotic number of prime patterns with prescribed even gaps. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source material.

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Glenn Bruda, “Asymptotic expansions for the reciprocal Hardy-Littlewood logarithmic integrals”, arXiv:2412.19866 (2024).

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