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The least prime number represented by a binary quadratic form

Number Theory 2019-08-13 v2

Abstract

Let D<0D<0 be a fundamental discriminant and h(D)h(D) be the class number of Q(D)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{D}). Let R(X,D)R(X,D) be the number of classes of the binary quadratic forms of discriminant DD which represent a prime number in the interval [X,2X][X,2X]. Moreover, assume that πD(X)\pi_{D}(X) is the number of primes, which split in Q(D)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{D}) with norm in the interval [X,2X].[X,2X]. We prove that (πD(X)π(X))2R(X,D)h(D)(1+h(D)π(X)), \Big(\frac{\pi_D(X)}{\pi(X)}\Big)^2 \ll \frac{R(X,D)}{h(D)}\Big(1+\frac{h(D)}{\pi(X)}\Big), where π(X)\pi(X) is the number of primes in the interval [X,2X][X,2X] and the implicit constant in \ll is independent of DD and XX.

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@article{arxiv.1803.03218,
  title  = {The least prime number represented by a binary quadratic form},
  author = {Naser T. Sardari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.03218},
  year   = {2019}
}
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