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Let $a$ and $b$ be positive integers and let $p$ be an odd prime such that $p=ax^2+by^2$ for some integers $x$ and $y$. Let $\lambda(a,b;n)$ be given by $q\prod_{k=1}^\infty (1-q^{ak})^3(1-q^{bk})^3 = \sum_{n=1}^\infty \lambda(a,b;n)q^n$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-12-20 Zhi-Hong Sun

We estimate from below the lower density of the set of prime numbers p such that p-1 has a prime factor of size at least p^c, where c lies in between 1/4 and 1/2. We also establish upper and lower bounds on the counting function of the set…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-13 Florian Luca , Ricardo Menares , Amalia Pizarro-Madariaga

Natural numbers can be divided in two non-overlapping infinite sets, primes and composites, with composites factorizing into primes. Despite their apparent simplicity, the elucidation of the architecture of natural numbers with primes as…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-21 Guillermo Garcia-Perez , M. Angeles Serrano , Marian Boguna

We have presented a multivariate polynomial function termed as factor elimination function,by which, we can generate prime numbers. This function's mapping behavior can explain the irregularities in the occurrence of prime numbers on the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2014-11-14 Vineet Kumar

We report that there are $49679870$ Carmichael numbers less than $10^{22}$ which is an order of magnitude improvement on Richard Pinch's prior work. We find Carmichael numbers of the form $n = Pqr$ using an algorithm bifurcated by the size…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Andrew Shallue , Jonathan Webster

In 1977, Hugh Williams studied Lucas pseudoprimes to all Lucas sequences of a fixed discriminant. These are composite numbers analogous to Carmichael numbers and they satisfy a Korselt-like criterion: $n$ must be a product of distinct…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-07-03 Chloe Helmreich , Jonathan Webster

In this paper, we introduce a certain method to construct polynomials producing many absolute pseudoprimes. By this method, we give new polynomials producing absolute pseudoprimes with any fixed number of prime factors which can be viewed…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Ken Nakamula , Hirofumi Tsumura , Hiroaki Komai

In this paper, we prove a necessary and sufficient condition for the Lucas-Carmichael integers in terms of the sum of base-$p$ digits. We also study some interesting properties of such integers. Finally, we prove that there are infinitely…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Sridhar Tamilvanan , Subramani Muthukrishnan

Given positive integers $n,k$ with $k\leq n$, we consider the number of ways of choosing $k$ subsets of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$ in such a way that the union of these subsets gives $\{1,\ldots,n\}$ and they are not subsets of each other. We refer…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-03 Çağın Ararat , Ülkü Gürler , M. Emrullah Ildız

Although the prime numbers are deterministic, they can be viewed, by some measures, as pseudo-random numbers. In this article, we numerically study the pair statistics of the primes using statistical-mechanical methods, especially the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-15 Ge Zhang , Fausto Martelli , Salvatore Torquato

Carmichael showed for sufficiently large $L$, that $F_L$ has at least one prime divisor that is $\pm 1({\rm mod}\, L)$. For a given $F_L$, we will show that a product of distinct odd prime divisors with that congruence condition is a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-05-31 Junhyun Lim , Shaunak Mashalkar , Edward F. Schaefer

In this paper, we introduce a novel quantum algorithm for the factorization of composite odd numbers. This work makes two significant contributions. First, we present a new improvement to the classical Fermat method, fourfold reducing the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-15 Julien Mellaerts

Under sufficiently strong assumptions about the first term in an arithmetic progression, we prove that for any integer $a$, there are infinitely many $n\in \mathbb N$ such that for each prime factor $p|n$, we have $p-a|n-a$. This can be…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-11-25 Thomas Wright

We introduce the concept of an almost prime number generalizing a prime number. It turns out that a composite almost prime number must be a Carmichael number, in case it exists. We prove several properties of almost prime numbers and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Tigran Hakobyan

In this paper we study some structure properties of primitive weird numbers in terms of their factorization. We give sufficient conditions to ensure that a positive integer is weird. Two algorithms for generating weird numbers having a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-02 Gianluca Amato , Maximilian F. Hasler , Giuseppe Melfi , Maurizio Parton

We present a quantum probabilistic algorithm which tests with a polynomial computational complexity whether a given composite number is of the Carmichael type. We also suggest a quantum algorithm which could verify a conjecture by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 A. Carlini , A. Hosoya

We prove the infinitude of shifted primes $p-1$ without prime factors above $p^{0.2844}$. This refines $p^{0.2961}$ from Baker and Harman in 1998. Consequently, we obtain an improved lower bound on the the distribution of Carmichael…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-18 Jared Duker Lichtman

We prove lower bounds for the number of primes $p \leq N + b$ such that $p-b$ is divisible by $2^{k(N)}$ and has at most $k$ odd prime factors ($k \geq 2$), assuming $2^{k(N)} \leq N^\theta$ for some $\theta > 0$ depending on $k$. The proof…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Likun Xie

We establish that every set of $k=10$ natural numbers determines at least $30$ distinct pairwise sums or at least $30$ distinct pairwise products, as well as the analogous result for $k=11$ and at least $34$ sums/products, with sharpness…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Phillip Antis , Holden Britt , Caleigh Chapman , Elizabeth Hawkins , Alex Rice , Elyse Warren

The set of prime numbers has been analyzed, based on their algebraic and arithmetical structure. Here by obtaining a sort of linear formula for the set of prime numbers, they are redefined and identified; under a systematic procedure it has…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2014-12-30 Ramin Zahedi