Carmichael's fixed-prime-factor infinitude conjecture

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A Carmichael number is a composite number nn satisfying

ana(modn)a^n\equiv a\pmod n

for every aZa\in\mathbb Z. For RNR\in\mathbb N with R3R\geq 3, consider Carmichael numbers having exactly RR prime factors.

Carmichael's fixed-prime-factor infinitude conjecture. For any RNR\in\mathbb N with R3R\geq 3, there exist infinitely many Carmichael numbers with RR prime factors.

Carmichael numbers are known to be infinite, but the existence of infinitely many with each prescribed number of prime factors remains a central open problem. The paper obtains conditional results toward related questions.

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Thomas Wright, “Carmichael Numbers with Prime Numbers of Prime Factors”, arXiv:2206.07254 (2024).

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