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Quantitative asymptotics for polynomial patterns in the primes

Number Theory 2024-10-17 v2

Abstract

We prove quantitative estimates for averages of the von Mangoldt and M\"obius functions along polynomial progressions n+P1(m),,n+Pk(m)n+P_1(m),\ldots, n+P_k(m) for a large class of polynomials PiP_i. The error terms obtained save an arbitrary power of logarithm, matching the classical Siegel--Walfisz error term. These results give the first quantitative bounds for the Tao--Ziegler polynomial patterns in the primes result. The proofs are based on a quantitative generalised von Neumann theorem of Peluse, a recent result of Leng on strong bounds for the Gowers uniformity of the primes, and analysis of a ``Siegel model'' for the von Mangoldt function along polynomial progressions.

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@article{arxiv.2405.12190,
  title  = {Quantitative asymptotics for polynomial patterns in the primes},
  author = {Lilian Matthiesen and Joni Teräväinen and Mengdi Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.12190},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

27 pages; small change in abstract

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