English Explanatory Dictionary

Dickson's conjecture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The conjecture that, for a finite set of linear forms a₁ + b₁n, a₂ + b₂n, ..., aₖ + bₖn with bᵢ ≥ 1, there are infinitely many positive integers n for which they are all prime, unless there is a congruence condition preventing this.

Word forms

Dickson's conjecture

Etymology

Introduced by Leonard Eugene Dickson in 1904.

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