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Korselt Rational Bases and Sets

Number Theory 2019-11-22 v1

Abstract

For a positive integer NN and A\mathbb{A} a subset of Q\mathbb{Q}, let A\mathbb{A}-KS(N)\mathcal{KS}(N) denote the set of α=α1α2A{0,N}\alpha=\dfrac{\alpha_{1}}{\alpha_{2}}\in \mathbb{A}\setminus \{0,N\} verifying α2pα1\alpha_{2}p-\alpha_{1} divides α2Nα1\alpha_{2}N-\alpha_{1} for every prime divisor pp of NN. The set A\mathbb{A}-KS(N)\mathcal{KS}(N) is called the set of Korselt bases of NN in A\mathbb{A} or simply the A\mathbb{A}-Korselt set of NN. In this paper, we prove that for each squarefree composite number NN{0,1}N\in\mathbb{N}\setminus\{0,1\} the Q\mathbb{Q}-Korselt set of NN is finite where we provide an upper and lower bounds for each Korselt base of NN in Q\mathbb{Q}. Furthermore, we give a necessary and a sufficient condition for the upper bound of a Korselt base to be reached.

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@article{arxiv.1911.09324,
  title  = {Korselt Rational Bases and Sets},
  author = {Nejib Ghanmi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.09324},
  year   = {2019}
}
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