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Bounded gaps between primes with a given primitive root, II

Number Theory 2014-07-29 v1

Abstract

Let mm be a natural number, and let Q\mathcal{Q} be a set containing at least exp(Cm)\exp(C m) primes. We show that one can find infinitely many strings of mm consecutive primes each of which has some qQq\in\mathcal{Q} as a primitive root, all lying in an interval of length OQ(exp(Cm))O_{\mathcal{Q}}(\exp(C'm)). This is a bounded gaps variant of a theorem of Gupta and Ram Murty. We also prove a result on an elliptic analogue of Artin's conjecture. Let E/QE/\mathbb{Q} be an elliptic curve with an irrational 22-torsion point. Assume GRH. Then for every mm, there are infinitely many strings of mm consecutive primes pp for which E(Fp)E(\mathbb{F}_p) is cyclic, all lying an interval of length OE(exp(Cm))O_E(\exp(C'' m)). If EE has CM, then the GRH assumption can be removed. Here CC, CC', and CC'' are absolute constants.

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@article{arxiv.1407.7186,
  title  = {Bounded gaps between primes with a given primitive root, II},
  author = {Roger C. Baker and Paul Pollack},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.7186},
  year   = {2014}
}
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