Conjecture on the optimal bound for primitive pairs of type (1,1)(1,1)

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Let Q1,1Q_{1,1} be the set of prime powers qq for which every rational function in R1,1R_{1,1} admits a primitive pair (α,f(α))(\alpha,f(\alpha)) with αFq\alpha\in\mathbb{F}_q, and let C1,1C_{1,1} be the least threshold such that all prime powers q>C1,1q>C_{1,1} belong to Q1,1Q_{1,1}. For functions f(x)=a(x+b)/(x+c)f(x)=a(x+b)/(x+c) with a,b,cFqa,b,c\in\mathbb{F}_q^* and bcb\ne c, the conjecture is that C1,1=331C_{1,1}=331 and that the prime powers not in Q1,1Q_{1,1} are exactly those listed in Case 1. This proposes that the computationally identified exceptions are complete and that 331331 is the optimal bound.

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Stephen D. Cohen, Hariom Sharma and Rajendra Sharma, “Primitive values of rational functions at primitive elements of a finite field”, arXiv:1909.13074 (2019).

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