Density conjecture for squarefree trinomial discriminant values

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Let SS be the set of positive integers nn for which nn+(−1)n(n−1)n−1n^n+(-1)^n(n-1)^{n-1} is squarefree. Squarefree-value density conjecture. The set SS has density

0.9934466…,0.9934466\dots,

correct to that many decimal places. This conjecture predicts the density suggested by extensive computation, although the paper cannot currently prove a nontrivial lower bound for the density or even prove that infinitely many values in the sequence are squarefree.

References

Primary source

David W. Boyd, Greg Martin and Mark Thom, “Squarefree values of trinomial discriminants”, arXiv:1402.5148 (2014).

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