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Nontrivial effective lower bounds for the least common multiple of some quadratic sequences

Number Theory 2020-01-13 v1

Abstract

This paper is devoted to studying the numbers Lc,m,n:=lcm{m2+c,(m+1)2+c,,n2+c}L_{c,m,n} := \mathrm{lcm}\{m^2+c ,(m+1)^2+c , \dots , n^2+c\}, where c,m,nc,m,n are positive integers such that mnm \leq n. Precisely, we prove that Lc,m,nL_{c,m,n} is a multiple of the rational number k=mn(k2+c)c(nm)!k=1nm(k2+4c),\frac{\displaystyle\prod_{k=m}^{n}\left(k^2+c\right)}{c \cdot (n-m)!\displaystyle\prod_{k=1}^{n-m}\left(k^2+4c\right)} , and we derive (as consequences) some nontrivial lower bounds for Lc,m,nL_{c,m,n}. We prove for example that if n12n2/3mnn- \frac{1}{2} n^{2/3} \leq m \leq n, then we have Lc,m,nλ(c)ne3(nm)L_{c,m,n} \geq \lambda(c) \cdot n e^{3 (n - m)}, where λ(c):=e2π23c512(2π)3/2c\lambda(c) := \frac{e^{- \frac{2 \pi^2}{3} c - \frac{5}{12}}}{(2 \pi)^{3/2} c}. Further, it must be noted that our approach (focusing on commutative algebra) is new and different from those using previously by Farhi, Oon and Hong.

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@article{arxiv.2001.03374,
  title  = {Nontrivial effective lower bounds for the least common multiple of some quadratic sequences},
  author = {Sid Ali Bousla and Bakir Farhi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.03374},
  year   = {2020}
}

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15 pages