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Salajan's conjecture on discriminating terms in an exponential sequence

Number Theory 2020-08-27 v1

Abstract

Given a sequence of distinct positive integers v1,v2,v_1,v_2,\ldots and any positive integer nn, the discriminator Dv(n)D_v(n) is defined as the smallest positive integer mm such v1,,vnv_1,\ldots,v_n are pairwise incongruent modulo mm. We consider the discriminator for the sequence u1,u2,u_1,u_2,\ldots, where uju_j equals the absolute value of ((3)j5)/4((-3)^j-5)/4, that is uj=(3j5(1)j)/4u_j=(3^j-5(-1)^j)/4. We prove a 2012 conjecture of Sabin Salajan characterizing the discriminator of the sequence u1,u2,u_1,u_2,\ldots.

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@article{arxiv.1504.05718,
  title  = {Salajan's conjecture on discriminating terms in an exponential sequence},
  author = {Pieter Moree and Ana Zumalacárregui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.05718},
  year   = {2020}
}

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18 pages

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