Bernoulli numerator divisibility and representation by a quadratic form

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Let pp be a prime, let Bp−1B_{p-1} denote the (p−1)(p-1)-st Bernoulli number, and let num⁡(Bp−1)\operatorname{num}(B_{p-1}) denote its numerator. Consider the quadratic form

F(x,y)=−x2+2xy+2y2.F(x,y)=-x^2+2xy+2y^2.

Bernoulli–quadratic-form conjecture. For every prime pp,

p−12∣num⁡(Bp−1)⟺p is representable by F(x,y).\frac{p-1}{2}\mid \operatorname{num}(B_{p-1})\quad\Longleftrightarrow\quad p\text{ is representable by }F(x,y).

The claim connects divisibility properties of Bernoulli numbers with representation of primes by a binary quadratic form of discriminant 1212. The source presents it as a conjectural pattern, and no resolution is supplied here.

References

Primary source

Andrei R. Svinin, “On a certain arithmetic function defined via Bernoulli numbers”, arXiv:2607.18607 (2026).

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