Conjecture on absolute moments of primes in relative short intervals

Let XX be large, let δ\delta be a positive real parameter, and let ψ(x)=nxΛ(n)\psi(x)=\sum_{n\leq x}\Lambda(n) be Chebyshev's function. For fixed ϵ>0\epsilon>0 and λ>0\lambda>0, define E=2πeC01E=2\pi e^{C_0-1}, where C0C_0 is Euler's constant. Relative short-interval moment conjecture. For X1+ϵδXϵX^{-1+\epsilon}\leq\delta\leq X^{-\epsilon},

1Xψ(x+δx)ψ(x)δxλdx=Γ(λ+1)Γ(λ2+2)2λ/2Xλ/2+1δλ/2(log1Eδ)λ/2+o(Xλ/2+1δλ/2).\int_{1}^{X}|\psi(x+\delta x)-\psi(x)-\delta x|^{\lambda}\,dx=\frac{\Gamma(\lambda+1)}{\Gamma\left({\lambda\over2}+2\right)2^{\lambda/2}}X^{\lambda/2+1}\delta^{\lambda/2}\left(\log{1\over E\delta}\right)^{\lambda/2}+o\left(X^{\lambda/2+1}\delta^{\lambda/2}\right).

This is the multiplicative-interval analogue of the preceding prediction and extends the established moment asymptotics beyond the integer moments treated in the paper; the conjecture is presented as an expectation and no resolution is given.

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Tsz Ho Chan, “Higher moments of primes in short intervals II”, arXiv:math/0409531 (2004).

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