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Primes and polygonal numbers

Number Theory 2025-08-12 v4

Abstract

A linear combination aTr(m)+bTs(n)aT_r(m)+bT_s(n) of an \mbox{rr-gonal} number Tr(m)T_r(m) and an ss-gonal number Ts(n)T_s(n) with mutually coprime positive integer coefficients aa and bb produces infinitely many primes as mm and~nn varies over the natural numbers, whereas the sum of the reciprocals of such primes converges unless Tr(m)=m2T_r(m)=m^2 and Ts(n)=n2T_s(n)=n^2. For each pair of coprime positive integers aa and bb, there are arbitrary long arithmetic progressions among the primes of the form am2+bn2am^2+bn^2.

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@article{arxiv.2408.13650,
  title  = {Primes and polygonal numbers},
  author = {Soumya Bhattacharya and Habibur Rahaman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.13650},
  year   = {2025}
}

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