The Kellner–Erdős–Moser conjecture

For positive integers kk and mm, let

Sk(m):=1k+2k++(m1)k.S_k(m):=1^k+2^k+\frac{\cdots}{}+(m-1)^k.

Kellner–Erdős–Moser conjecture. If m3m\geq3, then

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

is an integer if and only if (m,k)=(3,1)(m,k)=(3,1) or (m,k)=(3,3)(m,k)=(3,3).

This conjecture concerns divisibility properties of consecutive power sums and remains open according to the source.

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Primary source

Nirvana Coppola, Mar Curcó-Iranzo, Maleeha Khawaja, Vandita Patel and Özge Ülkem, “Power values of power sums: a survey”, arXiv:2306.05168 (2023).

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