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I'm looking over a paper, "Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables" [1] which attempts to characterize the density of the primes in two-variable quadratic polynomials. Its apparent improvement over previous works is that it covers not just quadratic forms plus a constant but quadratic forms plus linear forms plus a constant.

I would like to know what the current state of knowledge is for this sort of problem.

1. This paper covers only the case of polynomials that "depend essentially on two variables". This has surely not been improved, else the H-L Conjecture E, F, etc. would have been solved.
2. The paper allows only integers, not half-integers, as coefficients, and so does not give the number of primes, e.g., in A117112.
3. It does not give the constant (or prove that a constant exists!) for the densities it finds.

The third is my main interest at this point. References would be appreciated, whether to research papers, survey papers, or standard texts. I also have some interest in the cubic case, if anything is known. It seems that even characterizing which two-variable cubics represent an infinite number of primes is open...? Certainly the conditions Iwaniec gives for two-variable quadratics do not suffice to give an infinity of primes.

For example, with the polynomial $P(x,y)=ax^2+bxy+cy^2+ex+fy+g$, setting $\Delta=b^2-4ac$ and $D=af^2-bef+ce^2+g\Delta$ and $C(x)=\sum_{p=P(x,y)\le x}$1, [1] shows that

$$\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}\ll C(x)\ll\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}$$

for all $P$ with $D\neq0$ and $\Delta$ not a square, but is it known that $C(x)\sim kx/(\log x)^{1.5}$ for some $k$? Are values of $e$ or $E$ known such that

$$e<\liminf\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}$$ or $$\limsup\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}< E$$ ?

Similarly, if $D=0$ or $\Delta$ is a square do we know when $$\ell=\lim\frac{C(x)\log x}{x}$$ exists and what its value is?

Related question: Who should I cite for these results? I'm never sure of when there might have been simultaneous discoveries or other reasons for priority issues.

[1] Iwaniec, H. (1974). Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables. Acta Arithmetica 24, pp. 435–459.

[2] Hardy, G. H., & Littlewood, J. E. (1923). Some problems of ‘Partitio numerorum’; III: On the expression of a number as a sum of primes. Acta Mathematica 44:1, pp. 1-70.

I'm looking over a paper, "Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables" [1] which attempts to characterize the density of the primes in two-variable quadratic polynomials. Its apparent improvement over previous works is that it covers not just quadratic forms plus a constant but quadratic forms plus linear forms plus a constant.

I would like to know what the current state of knowledge is for this sort of problem.

1. This paper covers only the case of polynomials that "depend essentially on two variables". This has surely not been improved, else the H-L Conjecture E, F, etc. would have been solved.
2. The paper allows only integers, not half-integers, as coefficients, and so does not give the number of primes, e.g., in A117112.
3. It does not give the constant (or prove that a constant exists!) for the densities it finds.

The third is my main interest at this point. References would be appreciated, whether to research papers, survey papers, or standard texts. I also have some interest in the cubic case, if anything is known. It seems that even characterizing which two-variable cubics represent an infinite number of primes is open...? Certainly the conditions Iwaniec gives for two-variable quadratics do not suffice to give an infinity of primes.

For example, with the polynomial $P(x,y)=ax^2+bxy+cy^2+ex+fy+g$, setting $\Delta=b^2-4ac$ and $D=af^2-bef+ce^2+g\Delta$ and $C(x)=\sum_{p=P(x,y)\le x}$1, [1] shows that

$$\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}\ll C(x)\ll\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}$$

for all $P$ with $D\neq0$ and $\Delta$ not a square, but is it known that $C(x)\sim kx/(\log x)^{1.5}$ for some $k$? Are values of $e$ or $E$ known such that

$$e<\liminf\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}$$ or $$\limsup\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}< E$$ ?

Similarly, if $D=0$ or $\Delta$ is a square do we know when $$\ell=\lim\frac{C(x)\log x}{x}$$ exists and what its value is?

Related question: Who should I cite for these results? I'm never sure of when there might have been simultaneous discoveries or other reasons for priority issues.

[1] Iwaniec, H. (1974). Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables. Acta Arithmetica 24, pp. 435–459; DOI: 10.4064/aa-24-5-435-459.

[2] Hardy, G. H., & Littlewood, J. E. (1923). Some problems of ‘Partitio numerorum’; III: On the expression of a number as a sum of primes. Acta Mathematica 44:1, pp. 1-70.

I'm looking over a paper, "Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables" [1] which attempts to characterize the density of the primes in two-variable quadratic polynomials. Its apparent improvement over previous works is that it covers not just quadratic forms plus a constant but quadratic forms plus linear forms plus a constant.

I would like to know what the current state of knowledge is for this sort of problem.

1. This paper covers only the case of polynomials that "depend essentially on two variables". This has surely not been improved, else the H-L Conjecture E, F, etc. would have been solved.
2. The paper allows only integers, not half-integers, as coefficients, and so does not give the number of primes, e.g., in A117112.
3. It does not give the constant (or prove that a constant exists!) for the densities it finds.

The third is my main interest at this point. References would be appreciated, whether to research papers, survey papers, or standard texts. I also have some interest in the cubic case, if anything is known. It seems that even characterizing which two-variable cubics represent an infinite number of primes is open...? Certainly the conditions Iwaniec gives for two-variable quadratics do not suffice to give an infinity of primes.

For example, with the polynomial $P(x,y)=ax^2+bxy+cy^2+ex+fy+g$, setting $\Delta=b^2-4ac$ and $D=af^2-bef+ce^2+g\Delta$ and $C(x)=\sum_{p=P(x,y)\le x}$1, [1] shows that

$$\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}\ll C(x)\ll\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}$$

for all $P$ with $D\neq0$ and $\Delta$ not a square, but is it known that $C(x)\sim kx/(\log x)^{1.5}$ for some $k$? Are values of $e$ or $E$ known such that

$$e<\liminf\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}$$ or $$\limsup\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}< E$$ ?

similarly, if $D=0$ or $\Delta$ is a square do we know when $$\ell=\lim\frac{C(x)\log x}{x}$$ exists and what its value is?

Related question: Who should I cite for these results? I'm never sure of when there might have been simultaneous discoveries or other reasons for priority issues.

[1] Iwaniec, H. (1974). Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables. Acta Arithmetica 24, pp. 435–459.

[2] Hardy, G. H., & Littlewood, J. E. (1923). Some problems of ‘Partitio numerorum’; III: On the expression of a number as a sum of primes. Acta Mathematica 44:1, pp. 1-70.

I'm looking over a paper, "Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables" [1] which attempts to characterize the density of the primes in two-variable quadratic polynomials. Its apparent improvement over previous works is that it covers not just quadratic forms plus a constant but quadratic forms plus linear forms plus a constant.

I would like to know what the current state of knowledge is for this sort of problem.

1. This paper covers only the case of polynomials that "depend essentially on two variables". This has surely not been improved, else the H-L Conjecture E, F, etc. would have been solved.
2. The paper allows only integers, not half-integers, as coefficients, and so does not give the number of primes, e.g., in A117112.
3. It does not give the constant (or prove that a constant exists!) for the densities it finds.

The third is my main interest at this point. References would be appreciated, whether to research papers, survey papers, or standard texts. I also have some interest in the cubic case, if anything is known. It seems that even characterizing which two-variable cubics represent an infinite number of primes is open...? Certainly the conditions Iwaniec gives for two-variable quadratics do not suffice to give an infinity of primes.

For example, with the polynomial $P(x,y)=ax^2+bxy+cy^2+ex+fy+g$, setting $\Delta=b^2-4ac$ and $D=af^2-bef+ce^2+g\Delta$ and $C(x)=\sum_{p=P(x,y)\le x}$1, [1] shows that

$$\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}\ll C(x)\ll\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}$$

for all $P$ with $D\neq0$ and $\Delta$ not a square, but is it known that $C(x)\sim kx/(\log x)^{1.5}$ for some $k$? Are values of $e$ or $E$ known such that

$$e<\liminf\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}$$ or $$\limsup\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}< E$$ ?

Similarly, if $D=0$ or $\Delta$ is a square do we know when $$\ell=\lim\frac{C(x)\log x}{x}$$ exists and what its value is?

Related question: Who should I cite for these results? I'm never sure of when there might have been simultaneous discoveries or other reasons for priority issues.

[1] Iwaniec, H. (1974). Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables. Acta Arithmetica 24, pp. 435–459.

[2] Hardy, G. H., & Littlewood, J. E. (1923). Some problems of ‘Partitio numerorum’; III: On the expression of a number as a sum of primes. Acta Mathematica 44:1, pp. 1-70.

I'm looking over a paper, "Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables" [1] which attempts to characterize the density of the primes in two-variable quadratic polynomials. Its apparent improvement over previous works is that it covers not just quadratic forms plus a constant but quadratic forms plus linear forms plus a constant.

I would like to know what the current state of knowledge is for this sort of problem.

1. This paper covers only the case of polynomials that "depend essentially on two variables". This has surely not been improved, else the H-L Conjecture E, F, etc. would have been solved.
2. The paper allows only integers, not half-integers, as coefficients, and so does not give the number of primes, e.g., in A117112.
3. It does not give the constant (or prove that a constant exists!) for the densities it finds.

The third is my main interest at this point. References would be appreciated, whether to research papers, survey papers, or standard texts. I also have some interest in the cubic case, if anything is known.

For example, with the polynomial $P(x,y)=ax^2+bxy+cy^2+ex+fy+g$, setting $\Delta=b^2-4ac$ and $D=af^2-bef+ce^2+g\Delta$ and $C(x)=\sum_{p=P(x,y)\le x}$1, [1] shows that

$$\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}\ll C(x)\ll\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}$$

for all $P$ with $D\neq0$ and $\Delta$ not a square, but is it known that $C(x)\sim kx/(\log x)^{1.5}$ for some $k$? Are values of $e$ or $E$ known such that

$$e<\liminf\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}$$ or $$\limsup\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}< E$$ ?

similarly, if $D=0$ or $\Delta$ is a square do we know when $$\ell=\lim\frac{C(x)\log x}{x}$$ exists and what its value is?

Related question: Who should I cite for these results? I'm never sure of when there might have been simultaneous discoveries or other reasons for priority issues.

[1] Iwaniec, H. (1974). Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables. Acta Arithmetica 24, pp. 435–459.

[2] Hardy, G. H., & Littlewood, J. E. (1923). Some problems of ‘Partitio numerorum’; III: On the expression of a number as a sum of primes. Acta Mathematica 44:1, pp. 1-70.

I'm looking over a paper, "Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables" [1] which attempts to characterize the density of the primes in two-variable quadratic polynomials. Its apparent improvement over previous works is that it covers not just quadratic forms plus a constant but quadratic forms plus linear forms plus a constant.

I would like to know what the current state of knowledge is for this sort of problem.

1. This paper covers only the case of polynomials that "depend essentially on two variables". This has surely not been improved, else the H-L Conjecture E, F, etc. would have been solved.
2. The paper allows only integers, not half-integers, as coefficients, and so does not give the number of primes, e.g., in A117112.
3. It does not give the constant (or prove that a constant exists!) for the densities it finds.

The third is my main interest at this point. References would be appreciated, whether to research papers, survey papers, or standard texts. I also have some interest in the cubic case, if anything is known. It seems that even characterizing which two-variable cubics represent an infinite number of primes is open...? Certainly the conditions Iwaniec gives for two-variable quadratics do not suffice to give an infinity of primes.

For example, with the polynomial $P(x,y)=ax^2+bxy+cy^2+ex+fy+g$, setting $\Delta=b^2-4ac$ and $D=af^2-bef+ce^2+g\Delta$ and $C(x)=\sum_{p=P(x,y)\le x}$1, [1] shows that

$$\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}\ll C(x)\ll\frac{x}{(\log x)^{1.5}}$$

for all $P$ with $D\neq0$ and $\Delta$ not a square, but is it known that $C(x)\sim kx/(\log x)^{1.5}$ for some $k$? Are values of $e$ or $E$ known such that

$$e<\liminf\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}$$ or $$\limsup\frac{C(x)(\log x)^{1.5}}{x}< E$$ ?

similarly, if $D=0$ or $\Delta$ is a square do we know when $$\ell=\lim\frac{C(x)\log x}{x}$$ exists and what its value is?

Related question: Who should I cite for these results? I'm never sure of when there might have been simultaneous discoveries or other reasons for priority issues.

[1] Iwaniec, H. (1974). Primes represented by quadratic polynomials in two variables. Acta Arithmetica 24, pp. 435–459.

[2] Hardy, G. H., & Littlewood, J. E. (1923). Some problems of ‘Partitio numerorum’; III: On the expression of a number as a sum of primes. Acta Mathematica 44:1, pp. 1-70.