Schinzel’s Hypothesis H
Let a set of irreducible polynomials with integer coefficients have the property that for any prime there exists some such that . Schinzel’s Hypothesis H that there are infinitely many values of for which and are all prime numbers
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The 1st condition is necessary since if is reducible then cannot be prime except in the finite number of cases where all but one of its factors are equal to 1 or -1. The second condition is necessary as otherwise there will always be at least 1 of the divisible by ; and thus not all of the are prime except in the finite number of cases where one of the is equal to .
It includes several other conjectures, such as the twin prime conjecture.