Primes of the form \(\lfloor \alpha p+\beta \rfloor\) (Q838443): Difference between revisions

Motivated by the twin prime problem, the authors define \[ \pi_{\alpha,\beta}(x):= \#\{p\leq x:p\text{ and }[\alpha p+\beta]\text{ both prime}\} \] for any real \(\alpha> 0\) and \(\beta\). For any fixed \(\beta\) they show that \[ \limsup_{x\to\infty}\, {\pi_{\alpha,\beta}(x)\over x(\log x)^{-2}}\geq 1 \] for almost-all \(\alpha\) (in the Lebesgue sense). A related result is given by \textit{G. Harman} [J. Number Theory 29, No. 3, 364--375 (1988; Zbl 0655.10049)], who showed for example that \(|\alpha p-q|< p^{-1}\log p\) has infinitely many prime solutions \(p\), \(q\), for almost all \(\alpha\). Harman's result implies that \(\pi_{\alpha,\beta}(x)\to \infty\) for almost all \(\alpha\), at least if \(0<\beta< 1\).