Linear-density conjecture for primitive divisors in quadratic polynomial sequences

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Let β\beta be a nonzero integer and define the sequence P=(Pn)P=(P_n) by

Pn=n2+β.P_n=n^2+\beta.

A term PnP_n has a primitive divisor if it has a prime divisor that divides no earlier nonzero term of the sequence. Suppose that β-\beta is not a square. If ρβ(N)\rho_{\beta}(N) denotes the number of terms PnP_n with n<Nn<N that have primitive divisors, then the primitive-divisor density conjecture.

ρβ(N)cN\rho_{\beta}(N)\sim cN

for some constant cc satisfying 0<c<10<c<1. The preceding theorem establishes infinitely many terms without primitive divisors, while this conjecture predicts that the terms with primitive divisors nevertheless have a positive density strictly less than one.

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Primary source

G. Everest, S. Stevens, D. Tamsett and T. Ward, “Primes Generated by Recurrence Sequences”, arXiv:math/0412079 (2006).

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