The finite-field Bateman–Horn conjecture for several polynomials

Let f(x)=(f1(x),,fk(x))(Fq[t][x])k\mathbf f(x)=(f_1(x),\dots,f_k(x))\in(\mathbb{F}_q[t][x])^k be a kk-tuple of pairwise distinct nonconstant irreducible separable polynomials monic in xx, and let f=i=1kfif=\prod_{i=1}^k f_i. Assume

aFq[t]/(P):f(a)=0<P\left|\\{a\in\mathbb{F}_q[t]/(P):f(a)=0\\}\right|<|P|

for every PPqP\in\mathcal P_q. Define

Cq(f):=P1P1αFq[t]/(P):f(α)0(modP)(1P1)k.C_q(\mathbf f):=\prod_P\frac{1-|P|^{-1}\left|\\{\alpha\in\mathbb{F}_q[t]/(P):f(\alpha)\equiv0\pmod P\\}\right|}{(1-|P|^{-1})^k}.

Finite-field Bateman–Horn conjecture. As XX\to\infty through powers of qq,

gFq[t]:g=X,g monic,fi(g)P(Fq[t]) for all ikCq(f)i=1kdegx(fi)X(logqX)k.\left|\\{g\in\mathbb{F}_q[t]:|g|=X,\\ g\text{ monic},\\ f_i(g)\in\mathcal P(\mathbb{F}_q[t])\text{ for all }i\leq k\\}\right|\approx\frac{C_q(\mathbf f)}{\prod_{i=1}^k\deg_x(f_i)}\frac{X}{(\log_q X)^k}.

This is the proposed multi-polynomial function-field extension of the one-polynomial statement and includes function-field analogues of simultaneous prime-value problems such as twin primes. It is open in the stated generality.

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Luca Demangos, Ignazio Longhi and Francesco Maria Saettone, “Procounting measures and the Bateman–Horn conjecture”, arXiv:2606.29250 (2026).

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