Conjecture on the distribution of irregular pairs by index difference
Conjecture on the distribution of irregular pairs by index difference
Let be a fixed positive integer and let be an integer with . An irregular pair is a pair such that is prime, is even, and divides the Bernoulli number . The irregular index of a prime is the number of irregular pairs with first component . Distribution conjecture. We have
The same assertion should hold after restricting to irregular primes with a fixed irregular index. This predicts an even distribution of irregular pairs according to modulo , subject only to the parity obstruction when is even.
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Jianqiang Zhao, “Multiple Harmonic Series I: Generalizations of Wolstenholme's Theorem”, arXiv:math/0301252 (2006).
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