Hou and Zeng's prime–Fibonacci–Catalan representation conjecture

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Let FnF_n denote the Fibonacci numbers, and let

Cn=1n+1(2nn)C_n=\frac{1}{n+1}\binom{2n}{n}

be the nnth Catalan number. A Fibonacci number is positive when it is positive as an integer. Hou and Zeng's prime–Fibonacci–Catalan conjecture. Every integer n>4n>4 can be written as

n=p+Fs+Ct,n=p+F_s+C_t,

where pp is an odd prime, FsF_s is a positive Fibonacci number, and CtC_t is a Catalan number. The source attributes the conjecture to Qing-Hu Hou and Jiang Zeng and reports verification up to 3×10133\times10^{13}; it remains open.

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Primary source

Zhi-Wei Sun, “Mixed sums of primes and other terms”, arXiv:0901.3075 (2009).

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