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.
References
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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