Kellner's conjecture on integer ratios of consecutive power sums

Let Sk(n)=j=1n1jkS_k(n)=\sum_{j=1}^{n-1}j^k for positive integers kk and nn. Kellner's conjecture. Let k1k\ge 1 and n3n\ge 3 be integers. Then the ratio

Sk(n+1)Sk(n)\frac{S_k(n+1)}{S_k(n)}

is an integer if and only if n=3n=3 and k=1k=1 or 33. This conjecture concerns the classification of integer ratios of consecutive power sums; it remains open, although various partial results are known.

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Ioulia N. Baoulina, “Integer ratios of consecutive alternating power sums”, arXiv:1809.03365 (2018).

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