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As Jeremy mentioned in a commentfar as I am aware, your questionit is still openunknown whether any irreducible polynomial of degree greater than one assumes infinitely many prime values. Certainly this is the case if one insists that the polynomial be given explicitly. I merely add that what is conjectured is that if an irreducible polynomial $f(x)\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ satisfies $1=\mathrm{gcd}\{f(1), f(2), f(3), f(4), \dots\}$ then $f(n)$ is prime for infinitely many $n$. This is known as Bunyakovsky's conjecture. It has not been proven for any polynomial of degree greater than $1$. Generalizations include Schinzel's hypothesis H and the Bateman-Horn Conjecture.

As Jeremy mentioned in a comment, your question is still open. I merely add that what is conjectured is that if an irreducible polynomial $f(x)\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ satisfies $1=\mathrm{gcd}\{f(1), f(2), f(3), f(4), \dots\}$ then $f(n)$ is prime for infinitely many $n$. This is known as Bunyakovsky's conjecture. It has not been proven for any polynomial of degree greater than $1$. Generalizations include Schinzel's hypothesis H and the Bateman-Horn Conjecture.

As far as I am aware, it is unknown whether any irreducible polynomial of degree greater than one assumes infinitely many prime values. Certainly this is the case if one insists that the polynomial be given explicitly. I merely add that what is conjectured is that if an irreducible polynomial $f(x)\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ satisfies $1=\mathrm{gcd}\{f(1), f(2), f(3), f(4), \dots\}$ then $f(n)$ is prime for infinitely many $n$. This is known as Bunyakovsky's conjecture. It has not been proven for any polynomial of degree greater than $1$. Generalizations include Schinzel's hypothesis H and the Bateman-Horn Conjecture.

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As Jeremy mentioned in a comment, your question is still open. I merely add that what is conjectured is that if an irreducible polynomial $f(x)\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ satisfies $1=\mathrm{gcd}\{f(1), f(2), f(3), f(4), \dots\}$ then $f(n)$ is prime for infinitely many $n$. This is known as Bunyakovsky's conjecture. It has not been proven for any polynomial of degree greater than $1$. Generalizations include Schinzel's hypothesis H and the Bateman-Horn Conjecture.