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    Intersective polynomials and the primes

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    Intersective polynomials are polynomials in Z[x]\Z[x] having roots every modulus. For example, P1(n)=n2P_1(n)=n^2 and P2(n)=n2βˆ’1P_2(n)=n^2-1 are intersective polynomials, but P3(n)=n2+1P_3(n)=n^2+1 is not. The purpose of this note is to deduce, using results of Green-Tao \cite{gt-chen} and Lucier \cite{lucier}, that for any intersective polynomial hh, inside any subset of positive relative density of the primes, we can find distinct primes p1,p2p_1, p_2 such that p1βˆ’p2=h(n)p_1-p_2=h(n) for some integer nn. Such a conclusion also holds in the Chen primes (where by a Chen prime we mean a prime number pp such that p+2p+2 is the product of at most 2 primes)
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