Visibility Density Conjecture for polynomial lines of sight
Visibility Density Conjecture for polynomial lines of sight
Let be a polynomial with positive leading coefficient. A lattice point is visible along if there exists such that and is the smallest positive integer for which is a positive integer. Define the density of visible lattice points, when the limit exists, by
Visibility Density Conjecture. If has at least two distinct roots, then the set of lattice points in visible along has density ; equivalently,
This extends the conjecture of Chaubey and Pandey for polynomials passing through the origin. It predicts a sharp contrast with monomials, for which the visible-point density is less than , and asserts that almost all lattice points are visible when the polynomial has at least two distinct roots.
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Primary source
Abraham Lobsenz and Tristan Phillips, “Lattice point visibility along powers of polynomials”, arXiv:2604.23050 (2026).
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