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Intersections of binary quadratic forms in primes and the paucity phenomenon

Number Theory 2023-10-25 v2

Abstract

The number of solutions to a2+b2=c2+d2xa^2+b^2=c^2+d^2 \le x in integers is a well-known result, while if one restricts all the variables to primes Erdos showed that only the diagonal solutions, namely, the ones with {a,b}={c,d}\{a,b\}=\{c,d\} contribute to the main term, hence there is a paucity of the off-diagonal solutions. Daniel considered the case of a,ca,c being prime and proved that the main term has both the diagonal and the non-diagonal contributions. Here we investigate the remaining cases, namely when only cc is a prime and when both c,d are primes and, finally, when b,c,db,c,d are primes by combining techniques of Daniel, Hooley and Plaksin.

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@article{arxiv.2107.05525,
  title  = {Intersections of binary quadratic forms in primes and the paucity phenomenon},
  author = {Alisa Sedunova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.05525},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Accepted for a publication in J. Number Theory

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