The Alladi-like supernormal identity conjecture

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Let f(n)f(n) be an arithmetic function, let idx⁡(pn)=n\operatorname{idx}(p_n)=n, let pmin⁡(n)p_{\operatorname{min}}(n) be the prime associated with the least prime factor of nn, and define μ∗(n)=−μ(n)\mu^*(n)=-\mu(n). Assume that

lim⁡N→∞1N∑k=1Nf(k)=Lf\lim_{N\to\infty}\frac{1}{N}\sum_{k=1}^{N}f(k)=L_f

exists. Alladi-like supernormal identity conjecture. Then

∑n≥2μ∗(n)(f∘idx⁡)(pmin⁡(n))n=Lf.\sum_{n\geq 2}\frac{\mu^*(n)\left(f\circ\operatorname{idx}\right)\left(p_{\operatorname{min}}(n)\right)}{n}=L_f.

The identity is proposed by transferring a partition-theoretic Abelian formula to natural numbers through the paper’s partition–prime analogies. No proof or resolution of this conjectural identity is given.

References

Primary source

Madeline Locus Dawsey, Matthew Just and Robert Schneider, “A "supernormal" partition statistic”, arXiv:2107.14284 (2021).

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