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Let $a,b$ and $n$ be positive integers with $a>b$. In this note, we prove that $$(2bn+1)(2bn+3){2bn \choose bn}\bigg|3(a-b)(3a-b){2an \choose an}{an\choose bn}.$$ This confirms a recent conjecture of Amdeberhan and Moll.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-26 Quan-Hui Yang

Let $d\ge4$ and $c\in(-d,d)$ be relatively prime integers. We show that for any sufficiently large integer $n$ (in particular $n>24310$ suffices for $4\le d\le 36$), the smallest prime $p\equiv c\pmod d$ with $p\ge(2dn-c)/(d-1)$ is the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-23 Zhi-Wei Sun

The aim of this note is to prove the Mahler measure identity $m(x+x^{-1}+y+y^{-1}+5) = 6 m(x+x^{-1}+y+y^{-1}+1)$ which was conjectured by Boyd. The proof is achieved by proving relationships between regulators of both curves.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-06-17 Matilde N. Lalin

We find a combinatorial setting for the coefficients of the Boros-Moll polynomials $P_m(a)$ in terms of partially 2-colored permutations. Using this model, we give a combinatorial proof of a recurrence relation on the coefficients of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-08-30 William Y. C. Chen , Sabrina X. M. Pang , Ellen X. Y. Qu

Serre's strong conjecture, now a theorem of Khare and Wintenberger, states that every two-dimensional continuous, odd, irreducible mod $p$ Galois representation $\rho$ arises from a modular form of a specific minimal weight $k(\rho)$, level…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-17 Hanneke Wiersema

We study the properties of sets $\Sigma$ having the minimal length (one-dimensional Hausdorff measure) over the class of closed connected sets $\Sigma \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ satisfying the inequality $\mbox{max}_{y \in M}…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-12 Danila Cherkashin , Yana Teplitskaya

In this paper, we will study the existence problem of minmax minimal torus. We use classical conformal invariant geometric variational methods. We prove a theorem about the existence of minmax minimal torus in Theorem 5.1. Firstly we prove…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-04-10 Xin Zhou

We prove an almost constant lower bound of the isoperimetric coefficient in the KLS conjecture. The lower bound has the dimension dependency $d^{-o_d(1)}$. When the dimension is large enough, our lower bound is tighter than the previous…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-01-14 Yuansi Chen

The summatory function of the number of binomial coefficients not divisible by a prime is known to exhibit regular periodic oscillations, yet identifying the less regularly behaved minimum of the underlying periodic functions has been open…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-14 Hsien-Kuei Hwang , Svante Janson , Tsung-Hsi Tsai

Mason's Conjecture asserts that for an $m$--element rank $r$ matroid $\M$ the sequence $(I_k/\binom{m}{k}: 0\leq k\leq r)$ is logarithmically concave, in which $I_k$ is the number of independent $k$--sets of $\M$. A related conjecture in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David G. Wagner

We establish a lower bound for the size of possible counterexamples of the Dixmier Conjecture. We prove that $B>15$, where $B$ is the minimum of the greatest common divisor of the total degrees of $P$ and $Q$, where $(P,Q)$ runs over the…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2013-10-31 Jorge A. Guccione , Juan J. Guccione , Christian Valqui

This paper proves the minimum size of a supersequence over a set of eight elements is 52. This disproves a conjecture that the lower bound of the supersequence is the partial sum of the geometric Connell sequence. By studying the internal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Oliver Tan

We prove a nearly polynomial inverse theorem for the Gowers $U^d$ norm, over finite fields of non-small characteristic, for polynomials of degree $d+1$. The case of degree $d$ was very recently settled by Mili\'{c}evi\'{c} and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Tomer Milo , Guy Moshkovitz

This paper proves Firoozbakht's conjecture using Rosser and Schoenfelds' inequality on the distribution of primes. This inequality is valid for all natural numbers ${n\geq 21}$. Firoozbakht's conjecture states that if $ {p_{n}}$ and…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-06-07 Ahmad Sabihi

The McMullen Correspondence gives a linear dependence between M-sequences of length |d/2|+1 and f-vectors of simplical d-polytopes. Denote the transfer matrix between g and f by M_d. Recently, Bjorner proved that any 2x2-minor of M_d is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael Bjorklund , Alexander Engstrom

The Collatz conjecture (or ``Syracuse problem'') considers recursively-defined sequences of positive integers where $n$ is succeeded by $\tfrac{n}{2}$, if $n$ is even, or $\tfrac{3n+1}{2}$, if $n$ is odd. The conjecture states that for all…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Christian Hercher

For $ f\in\mathbb{Z}[X] $ an irreducible polynomial of degree $ n $, the Cilleruelo's conjecture states that$$\log(\mbox{lcm}(f(1),\dots,f(M)))\sim(n-1)M\log M$$as $ M\rightarrow+\infty $, where $ \mbox{lcm}(f(1),\dots,f(M)) $ is the least…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-07 Ilaria Viglino

The $MLS$ conjecture states that every finite simple group has a minimal logarithmic signature. The aim of this paper is proving the existence of a minimal logarithmic signature for some simple unitary groups $PSU_{n}(q)$. We report a gap…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-13 A. R. Rahimipour , A. R. Ashrafi

Bishnoi conjectured that if a minimal t-fold blocking set in a projective plane of prime power order has maximal size then it is either a projective plane minus one point, the complement of a Baer subplane or a unital. In this note we prove…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-11 Jeroen Schillewaert

We construct the counter-example for polynomial version of Sarnak's conjecture for minimal systems, which assets that the M\"obius function is linearly disjoint from subsequences along polynomials of deterministic sequences realized in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-05-21 Zhengxing Lian , Ruxi Shi