Quantitative Dickson conjecture for sublattices

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Let LL be a sublattice of Zt\mathbb{Z}^t, let NN be large, let K⊆[−N,N]tK\subseteq[-N,N]^t be convex with volume ≫Nt\gg N^t, and let a∈Zta\in\mathbb{Z}^t have size O(N)O(N). Assume that all local obstructions to the Zariski density of prime points in a+La+L are passed. With Λ\Lambda the von Mangoldt function and Λ⊗t(n1,…,nt)=∏i=1tΛ(ni)\Lambda^{\otimes t}(n_1,\ldots,n_t)=\prod_{i=1}^t\Lambda(n_i), Dickson's conjecture. One expects

1∣L∩K∣∑n⃗∈L∩KΛ⊗t(a+n⃗)=∏pαp(a+L)+o(1).\frac{1}{|L\cap K|}\sum_{\vec{n}\in L\cap K}\Lambda^{\otimes t}(a+\vec{n})=\prod_p\alpha_p(a+L)+o(1).

This is a quantitative form of Dickson's conjecture, expressing the expected mean value of the multidimensional von Mangoldt function in terms of the product of local factors. The source states that the Euler product is convergent; the assertion is not proved in the generality given here.

References

Primary source

Chunlei Liu, “Sublattices of finite index”, arXiv:math/0612439 (2007).

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