Infinitude conjecture for primary Carmichael numbers

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Let sp(m)s_p(m) denote the sum of the base-pp digits of mm, and let 4C′44\mathcal{C}'4 be the set of squarefree numbers mm such that sp(m)=ps_p(m)=p for every prime factor pp of mm. Let 4C44\mathcal{C}4 be the set of Carmichael numbers.

Infinitude conjecture for primary Carmichael numbers. The following claims are true: the set 4C′44\mathcal{C}'4 is infinite, and the set 4C∖C′44\mathcal{C}\setminus\mathcal{C}'4 is infinite.

The conjecture is supported by numerical data showing a slow but steady increase in the counting function for 4C′44\mathcal{C}'4. It would imply another proof of the infinitude of Carmichael numbers and of the infinitude of the relevant squarefree set.

References

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Bernd C. Kellner and Jonathan Sondow, “On Carmichael and polygonal numbers, Bernoulli polynomials, and sums of base-p digits”, arXiv:1902.10672 (2021).

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