The distribution of prime ideals of imaginary quadratic fields (Q4433110)

The authors derive a lower bound for the number of prime ideals in an ideal class of an imaginary quadratic number field that fall in a given sector and whose norms lie in a short interval. When combined with a result of \textit{M. D. Coleman} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 61, 433-456 (1990; Zbl 0712.11065)], this estimate implies that, for every pair \((s,t) \in {{\mathbb{R}}^2}\), there exist \((m,n) \in {{\mathbb{Z}}^2}\) such that \(Q(m,n)\) is prime and \[ Q(s-m,t-n)\ll Q(s,t)^{0.53}+ 1. \] Here, \(Q(x,y)\) stands for a primitive positive definite quadratic form with integer coefficients.