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Intersective polynomials and the primes

Number Theory 2009-10-13 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Intersective polynomials are polynomials in Z[x]\Z[x] having roots every modulus. For example, P1(n)=n2P_1(n)=n^2 and P2(n)=n21P_2(n)=n^2-1 are intersective polynomials, but P3(n)=n2+1P_3(n)=n^2+1 is not. The purpose of this note is to deduce, using results of Green-Tao \cite{gt-chen} and Lucier \cite{lucier}, that for any intersective polynomial hh, inside any subset of positive relative density of the primes, we can find distinct primes p1,p2p_1, p_2 such that p1p2=h(n)p_1-p_2=h(n) for some integer nn. Such a conclusion also holds in the Chen primes (where by a Chen prime we mean a prime number pp such that p+2p+2 is the product of at most 2 primes).

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@article{arxiv.0910.1880,
  title  = {Intersective polynomials and the primes},
  author = {Thai Hoang Le},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.1880},
  year   = {2009}
}
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