Cyclic-group Lehmer constant conjecture

For an integer n2n\geqslant2, let ρ(n)\rho(n) denote the smallest prime number that does not divide nn. For the cyclic group Z ⁣/n\mathbb{Z}_{\!/n}, let λ(Z ⁣/n)\lambda(\mathbb{Z}_{\!/n}) denote its Lehmer constant. Cyclic-group Lehmer constant conjecture.

λ(Z ⁣/n)=1nlogρ(n)\lambda(\mathbb{Z}_{\!/n})=\frac1n\log\rho(n)

for all n2n\geqslant2. The theorem preceding this conjecture gives the same expression as an upper bound, and the equality is known from computations for n=2,3,4n=2,3,4; the conjecture asserts that this upper bound is always attained.

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Douglas Lind, “Lehmer's Problem for compact abelian groups”, arXiv:math/0303279 (2004).

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