The kmax⁡k_{\max}-conjecture for integer roots of Moser polynomials

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Let Fs,k(n)F_{s,k}(n) be the Moser polynomial, and let kmax⁡(s)k_{\max}(s) denote the largest positive integer kk for which Fs,kF_{s,k} has an integer root. kmax⁡k_{\max}-conjecture. For all s>3s>3,

kmax⁡(s)=2s−1.k_{\max}(s)=2s-1.

Equivalently, the polynomial Fs,kF_{s,k} can have integer roots only when k⩽2s−1k\leqslant 2s-1. This is presented as the most important open question about the roots of Moser polynomials; its resolution would bound the values of kk that need to be considered when studying singular pairs.

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Dmitri Fomin, “Is the Multiset of n Integers Uniquely Determined by the Multiset of Its s-sums?”, arXiv:1709.06046 (2023).

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