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Prime-free discs in imaginary quadratic fields

Number Theory 2025-10-17 v1

Abstract

Suppose KK is an imaginary quadratic field, and let NKN_K denote the field norm in the ring of integers OKO_K. Let B(x0,r)={xOK:NK(xx0)<r}B(x_0,r) = \{x \in O_K: |N_K(x-x_0)| < r\}. Let GK(X)=max{r>0:there exists x0OK such that NK(x0)X and B(x0,r) contains no primes}G_K(X) = \max \{r > 0: \text{there exists } x_0 \in O_K \text{ such that } |N_K(x_0)| \leq X \text{ and } B(x_0,r) \text{ contains no primes} \}. We show that GK(X)K(logX)log2(X)log4(X)log3(X) G_{K}(X) \gg_K (\log X) \frac{\log_2(X) \log_4(X)}{\log_3(X)}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.14006,
  title  = {Prime-free discs in imaginary quadratic fields},
  author = {Tanmay Khale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.14006},
  year   = {2025}
}
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