The primitive-number square-free and order conjecture

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Let mm be a primitive number, and write its prime decomposition as m=p1…prm=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.

References

Primary source

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

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