Local avoidance conjecture for polynomial images of integers and primes
Let be a nonzero polynomial, and let or , where denotes the set of primes. For each , let be the set of congruence classes modulo that intersect , and define
Here denotes the maximal density of an -set, namely a set whose pairwise differences avoid . Local avoidance conjecture. For every such and , we have
The conjecture asserts that for polynomial images of the integers and primes, the maximal global density of a set avoiding -differences is determined by the strongest finite-modulus local avoidance obstruction. It extends the principle that local obstructions are the only obstructions in intersectivity questions; the supplied context does not state whether it is known or open.
References
Primary source
Christian Dean, Haley Havard, Elizabeth Hawkins, Patch Heard, Andrew Lott and Alex Rice, “Notes and computations on forbidden differences”, arXiv:2508.03650 (2025).
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