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A generalization of Selfridge's question

Rings and Algebras 2021-07-06 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

Selfridge asked to investigate the pairs (m,n)(m,n) of natural numbers for which 2m2n2^m - 2^n divides xmxnx^m - x^n for all integers x.x. This question was answered by different mathematicians by showing that there are only finitely many such pairs. Let RR be the ring of integers of a number field \K\K and Mn(R)M_n(R) be ring of all n×nn \times n matrices over RR. In this article, we prove a generalization of Selfridge's question in the case of Mn(R)M_n(R).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1906.03433,
  title  = {A generalization of Selfridge's question},
  author = {Devendra Prasad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.03433},
  year   = {2021}
}
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