Conjecture on prime values of polynomial floor sequences

Let tt and dd be positive integers, with tt odd and d2d\geq 2. Consider the integer sequence with general term

ntd.\left\lfloor\frac{n^t}{d}\right\rfloor.

Prime-value conjecture for odd powers. (a) If t0(mod3)t\equiv 0\pmod 3 and d2,9d\neq 2,9, then there are infinitely many primes of the form

ntd.\left\lfloor\frac{n^t}{d}\right\rfloor.

(b) If t≢0(mod3)t\not\equiv 0\pmod 3 and d2d\neq 2, then there are infinitely many primes of the form

ntd.\left\lfloor\frac{n^t}{d}\right\rfloor.

The paper has already established that the excluded cases d=2d=2 and, when 3t3\mid t, d=9d=9 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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Dan Ismailescu and Yunkyu James Lee, “Polynomially growing integer sequences all whose terms are composite”, arXiv:2501.04851 (2025).

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