Generalized Elliott–Halberstam conjecture for shifted convolutions

Let x2x\geq2, qNq\in\mathbb{N}, and a,hZa,h\in\mathbb{Z} with (a,q)=1(a,q)=1. Define

E2(x;q,a,h)=nx a(modq)Λ(n)Λ(n+h)1(a(a+h),q)=1φ(q)S(h)x,E_2(x;q,a,h)=\sum_{\substack{n\leq x\ \equiv a\pmod q}}\Lambda(n)\Lambda(n+h)-\frac{\mathbf{1}_{(a(a+h),q)=1}}{\varphi(q)}\mathfrak{S}(h)x,

where 1(a(a+h),q)=1\mathbf{1}_{(a(a+h),q)=1} equals 11 when both aa and a+ha+h are coprime to qq, and equals 00 otherwise. Generalized Elliott–Halberstam conjecture for shifted convolutions (GEH-2). For every 0<ϑ<20<\vartheta<2, every fixed h0h\neq0, and every A>0A>0,

qxϑmax(a,q)=1E2(x;q,a,h)x(logx)A,\sum_{q\leq x^\vartheta}\max_{(a,q)=1}|E_2(x;q,a,h)|\ll\frac{x}{(\log x)^A},

with implied constant depending only on ϑ\vartheta, hh, and AA. This extends Elliott–Halberstam from individual primes to shifted correlations of the von Mangoldt function and is presented as implying the twin prime conjecture; it remains unproved.

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Primary source

Trey Smith, “A Generalized Elliott-Halberstam Conjecture Implying the Twin Prime Hypothesis”, arXiv:2511.14810 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2018–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1806.09034.

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