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On prime values of binary quadratic forms with a thin variable

Number Theory 2020-05-27 v1

Abstract

In this paper we generalize the result of Fouvry and Iwaniec dealing with prime values of the quadratic form x2+y2x^2 + y^2 with one input restricted to a thin subset of the integers. We prove the same result with an arbitrary primitive positive definite binary quadratic form. In particular, for any positive definite binary quadratic form FF and binary linear form GG, there exist infinitely many ,mZ\ell, m\in\mathbb{Z} such that both F(,m)F(\ell, m) and G(,m)G(\ell, m) are primes as long as there are no local obstructions.

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@article{arxiv.1809.10755,
  title  = {On prime values of binary quadratic forms with a thin variable},
  author = {Peter Cho-Ho Lam and Damaris Schindler and Stanley Yao Xiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.10755},
  year   = {2020}
}

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26 pages; comments welcome!

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