Local avoidance conjecture for polynomial images of integers and primes
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.
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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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