The frequency conjecture for ratios arising from
The frequency conjecture for ratios arising from
Let denote the -th prime, set , and let be the largest prime factor of when ; define . For a fixed positive integer , write for Euler's totient function. Frequency conjecture. For any fixed even integer , there is a positive constant close to such that
For odd values of , the count is identically zero for all . The heuristic comes from requiring and the remaining quotient to be prime; the evenness restriction follows from the parity of . Establishing the asymptotic, including the nature of the constant , remains open.
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Primary source
Alexander R Povolotsky, “Frequency Ordered Ratio Families Arising from the Factorization of p_m-1+1”, arXiv:2605.08256 (2026).
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