The multiplicative Gilbreath conjecture for the left edge
The multiplicative Gilbreath conjecture for the left edge
Let be the infinite triangle generated by iterating the -rule on the positive integers, and call its first column the left edge. A number is square-free when no square of a prime divides it. Multiplicative Gilbreath conjecture. Every number on the left edge of is square-free; equivalently, the maximal power of any prime occurring in the prime factorization of a left-edge entry is one. This is the multiplicative analogue of the Gilbreath conjecture and is supported by computer evidence; the source notes that it is proved for the solitons , but does not establish the assertion for the entire left edge.
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Cristian Cobeli, Mihai Prunescu and Alexandru Zaharescu, “A growth model based on the arithmetic Z-game”, arXiv:1511.04315 (2015).
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