The Skolem conjecture for simple rational linear recurrence binary sequences
The Skolem conjecture for simple rational linear recurrence binary sequences
Let be a simple rational LRBS, meaning a simple rational linear recurrence binary sequence, taking values in for some integer . An integer zero is an index such that , and means that and are coprime. The Skolem conjecture. The sequence has no integer zero if and only if there exists an integer with such that
for every . This is also called the Exponential Local-Global Principle and gives a modular certificate for the absence of integer zeros. The supplied source does not provide evidence resolving the conjecture.
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Piotr Bacik, Joël Ouaknine, David Purser and James Worrell, “On the p-adic Skolem Problem”, arXiv:2504.14413 (2026).
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