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

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

for every P∈PqP\in\mathcal P_q. Define

Cq(f):=∏P1−∣P∣−1∣α∈Fq[t]/(P):f(α)≡0(modP)∣(1−∣P∣−1)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 X→∞X\to\infty through powers of qq,

∣g∈Fq[t]:∣g∣=X,g monic,fi(g)∈P(Fq[t]) for all i≤k∣≈Cq(f)∏i=1kdeg⁡x(fi)X(log⁡qX)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.

References

Primary source

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

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