Density of primes in a polynomial

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Consider that $p(x)$ is an irreducible polynomial with integer coeficients, that $\mathrm{gcd}$ of its coefficients is $1$. What is the natural density of the below set? $$A = \{n\ |\ p(n)\ \text{is prime}\}$$

And can we say an statement like prime number theorem about $A$?

For example the density for $p(x)=x$ is zero and maybe in general case that is zero too.

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we have two cases:

  • $p(x)$ is a linear polynomial: in this case we have a prime number theorem in arithmetic progressions that will give the distribution of primes in them. look at this page.

  • degree of $p(x)$ is greater than 1: in this case approximatly the problem is open. for example we don't know that there is infinitly many prime of the form $n^2+1$ or not.