Conjecture on prime values of polynomial floor sequences
Conjecture on prime values of polynomial floor sequences
Let and be positive integers, with odd and . Consider the integer sequence with general term
Prime-value conjecture for odd powers. (a) If and , then there are infinitely many primes of the form
(b) If and , then there are infinitely many primes of the form
The paper has already established that the excluded cases and, when , yield eventually prime-free sequences. The conjecture proposes that these are the only such exceptions among odd exponents, while the asserted infinitude of prime values remains open.
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Primary source
Dan Ismailescu and Yunkyu James Lee, “Polynomially growing integer sequences all whose terms are composite”, arXiv:2501.04851 (2025).
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