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An Unexpected Connection Between the Discrete Zeta Function and the Erdos-Straus Conjecture Under Mballa's Conjecture

Number Theory 2025-05-14 v1

Abstract

In this article, we establish an additive decomposition of the discrete zeta function (for sNs \in \mathbb{N}^*, s>1s > 1), more precisely of the function 4(ζ(s)1)4(\zeta(s)-1), as a series whose general term is of the form 1/xn(s)+1/yn(s)+1/zn(s)1/x_n(s) + 1/y_n(s) + 1/z_n(s), where xn(s),yn(s),zn(s)x_n(s), y_n(s), z_n(s) are solutions of the Erdos--Straus conjecture under a personal conjecture (which I will refer to here as Mballa's Conjecture) that I formulated by parametrization in the article: arXiv:2502.20935. This connection thus builds a bridge between analysis and Egyptian fractions in general, and the Erdos--Straus conjecture in particular.

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@article{arxiv.2505.08716,
  title  = {An Unexpected Connection Between the Discrete Zeta Function and the Erdos-Straus Conjecture Under Mballa's Conjecture},
  author = {Philemon Urbain Mballa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.08716},
  year   = {2025}
}