The primitive-number square-free and order conjecture

Let mm be a primitive number, and write its prime decomposition as m=p1prm=p_1\dots p_r. For a prime pp, let o4(p)o_4(p) denote the order associated with pp in the paper.

Primitive-number conjecture. The number mm is square-free, and there exists an index ii such that

\lcm(o4(p1),,o4(pr))=o4(pi).\operatorname*{\lcm}(o_4(p_1),\dots,o_4(p_r))=o_4(p_i).

This conjecture is motivated by the primitive numbers listed in Table 1 and gives structural restrictions on such numbers. The supplied text does not state whether it has been proved or disproved.

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Dorin Ervin Dutkay and John Haussermann, “Number theory problems from the harmonic analysis of a fractal”, arXiv:1410.7064 (2015).

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