Coordinate distribution of Gaussian primes (Q2119377)

One is interested in how many primes \(\pi = a +2bi\) in the ring \(\mathbb{Z}[i]\) have their coordinates restricted to special integers. Here one investigates the case when \(a\) is prime and \(b\) is almost-prime, namely one studies \[ G_r(x) = \sum_{4k^2 + l^2 \leq x} \Lambda_r(k) \Lambda(l) \Lambda(4k^2 + l^2), \] where \(r \geq 1\) is natural and \(\Lambda\) and \(\Lambda_r\) denote the von Mangoldt and generalized von Mangoldt function respectively. With the technology developed in this paper one is able to adequately estimate \(G_r(x)\) when \(r \geq 7\); one has \(G_7(x) \asymp x(\log x)^6\). The starting ingredient of the proof is the sieve inequality Proposition 6.1 allowing one to estimate a modified version of the sum for \(G_r\) by a sum of congruence sums and a bilinear form. The analysis of the latter two quantities then makes up most of the paper.