A theorem in multiplicative number theory (Q803198)

In earlier work [Math. Z. 203, 37-42 (1990; Zbl 0659.10056)], the author showed that if h is even, then the number of primes \(p<X\) such that \(p+h=P_ r\) is \(\gg {\mathfrak S}(h)X \log^{-2}X\cdot (\log \log X)^{r- 2}\). The basic idea was that {\#}\(\{\) p\(<X: p+h=P_ r\}\geq \sum_{d\in D}\#\{p<X/d:p+h=dP_ 2\}\), where D is a certain set of numbers, all of which are products of r-2 primes and all of which have greatest prime factor \(<X^{1/\log \log X}\). A uniform version of Chen's Theorem is then applied to estimate the left-hand side. The author uses the same idea to give analogs of several theorems from Chapters 9 and 10 of [\textit{H. Halberstam} and \textit{H.-E. Richert}, Sieve methods (1974; Zbl 0298.10026)]. The theorems all concern the number of solutions of \(F(n)=P_ r\), where F(n) is a polynomial.