Abstract

In this paper we prove an asymptotic formula for the number of solutions in prime numbers to systems of simultaneous linear inequalities with algebraic coefficients. For m simultaneous inequalities we require at least m + 2 variables, improving upon existing methods, which generically require at least 2m + 1 variables. Our result also generalises the theorem of Green-Tao-Ziegler on linear equations in primes. Many of the methods presented apply for arbitrary coefficients, not just for algebraic coefficients, and we formulate a conjecture concerning the pseudorandomness of sieve weights which, if resolved, would remove the algebraicity assumption entirely.

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