The shifted-prime largest-prime-factor extremes conjecture

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Let aa be the fixed shift appearing in the statement, let P+(m)P^{+}(m) denote the largest prime factor of mm, and let ϑ\boldsymbol{\vartheta} and Θ\boldsymbol{\Theta} be real numbers. The shifted-prime largest-prime-factor extremes conjecture. For any 0<ϑ,Θ<10<\boldsymbol{\vartheta},\boldsymbol{\Theta}<1, there are infinitely many primes pp with

P+(p+a)<pϑP^{+}(p+a)<p^{\boldsymbol{\vartheta}}

and infinitely many primes pp with

P+(p+a)>pΘ.P^{+}(p+a)>p^{\boldsymbol{\Theta}}.

This is presented as a special version of the preceding distribution conjecture. The source does not state that either assertion has been proved in the full range 0<ϑ,Θ<10<\boldsymbol{\vartheta},\boldsymbol{\Theta}<1.

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Primary source

Runbo Li, “An average Brun-Titchmarsh theorem and shifted primes with a large prime factor”, arXiv:2508.18285 (2025).

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