Hao–Wang–Zhang equality conjecture for the Erdős–Burgess constant

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For an integer n>1n>1, let Ir(Z/nZ)I_r(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}) denote the Erdős–Burgess constant of the multiplicative semigroup Z/nZ\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}, let D(G)\mathsf{D}(G) be the Davenport constant of a finite abelian group GG, and let Ω(n)\Omega(n) and ω(n)\omega(n) denote, respectively, the number of prime factors of nn counted with multiplicity and the number of distinct prime divisors of nn. Hao–Wang–Zhang equality conjecture. For every integer n>1n>1,

Ir(Z/nZ)=D((Z/nZ)×)+Ω(n)ω(n).I_r(\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})=\mathsf{D}((\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z})^{\times})+\Omega(n)-\omega(n).

The corresponding inequality is known, with equality when nn is a prime power or a product of distinct primes. The conjecture asks whether equality holds for all n>1n>1, strengthening the known lower bound and relating the Erdős–Burgess and Davenport constants.

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Noah Kravitz and Ashwin Sah, “A stronger connection between the Erdős-Burgess and Davenport constants”, arXiv:1808.06031 (2018).

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