A counterexample to a subadditivity conjecture of Cohen for Sophie Germain cyclic numbers
Number Theory
2026-07-09 v1 Combinatorics
Abstract
An integer is cyclic if (equivalently, if every group of order is cyclic), and Sophie Germain cyclic if both and are cyclic. Let count the Sophie Germain cyclic integers in . Cohen conjectured that is subadditive, for all (his Conjecture 66), having checked without finding a counterexample. We give one: at , , . The argument is short, and is verified by the Lean 4 kernel.
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@article{arxiv.2607.09793,
title = {A counterexample to a subadditivity conjecture of Cohen for Sophie Germain cyclic numbers},
author = {Josué Alexander Ibarra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.09793},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
3 pages. Ancillary file: Lean 4 formalization (anc/cohen66.lean); the refutation is Lean kernel-checked, depending only on propext, Classical.choice, and Quot.sound