Problems
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57 problems
Let A(x) count n ≤ x such that every prime p | n has a divisor d > 1 of n with d ≡ 1 pmod p. Erdos asked whether A(x)/x = exp(-(c+o(1))√log xloglog x). It does, with c = 1/(2√log 2).
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Let D_q(n) be the largest possible least degree of a polynomial omitted by a non-covering family of n distinct-modulus congruence classes in F_q[x]. What is its asymptotic size? The answer is D_q(n) = n/q-1 + O_q(1).
For |A| = n, how small can the cofactor set Q(A) = a / gcd(a,b) : a, b ∈ A be? The answer is h(n) = n^1/2 + o(1): a new upper bound h(n) ≤ n^1/2 exp(O(√log n)) matches the classical lower bound.
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Bounds the weighted sum ∑ 1/(a log a) taken over primitive sets of integers (sets where no element divides another).
What is the largest A⊆1,…,N such that all subset sums ∑_n∈ S1/n (over S⊆ A) are distinct?
For every finite set A⊂ Z with |A|≥ 2, define C(A)=log(|A+A|/|A|)/log(|A-A|/|A|). Determine the largest possible value of C(A), equivalently the least universal exponent c such that |A+A|/|A| ≤ (|A-A|/|A|)^c for every such set A. The…
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Zhi-Wei Sun conjectured a closed evaluation of a truncated Legendre-symbol determinant. For every prime p ≡ 3 pmod 4 it equals ⌊ (p-2)/3 ⌋^2 x, proved by reducing to inverse data for Chapman's full Legendre-symbol matrix and evaluating…
For an irreducible crystallographic root system of rank r with Coxeter number h, the paper proves that Au's normalized Witten zeta function has a simple pole at 2/h and evaluates its residue in closed form in terms of the Cartan…
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In the circle of Kummer's regular primes and Vandiver's conjecture, the paper proves that almost all primes are partially regular, yielding a partial Vandiver theorem for a density-one set of primes, with consequences for Kubota-Leopoldt…
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