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We prove that the ratio of the Newman sum over numbers multiple of a fixed integer which is not multiple of 3 and the Newman sum over numbers multiple of a fixed integer divisible by 3 is o(1) when the upper limit of summing tends to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-08-20 Vladimir Shevelev

It is known that there are infinitely-many prime numbers which take the form of a polynomial of degree one with integer coefficients, this is Dirichlet's theorem. We use an elementary sieving argument together with bounds on the prime…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-24 Acquaah Peter

Let $p>3$ be a prime. Euler numbers $E_{p-3}$ first appeared in H. S. Vandiver's work (1940) in connection with the first case of Fermat Last Theorem. Vandiver proved that $x^p+y^p=z^p$ has no solution for integers $x,y,z$ with…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-10 Romeo Mestrovic

We consider Lagrange's equation $x_1^2 + x_2^2 + x_3^2 + x_4^2 = N$, where $N$ is a sufficiently large and odd integer, and prove that it has a solution in natural numbers $x_1, \dots, x_4 $ such that $x_1 x_2 x_3 x_4 + 1$ has no more than…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-01-07 T. L. Todorova , D. I. Tolev

Let $ \lfloor {x} \rfloor $ denote the greatest integer less than or equal to a real number $x$. Given real numbers $0<\alpha_1 < \alpha_2 < \cdots< \alpha_k < 1$ satisfying a certain condition, we show that there are infinitely many…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Anup B. Dixit , Nikhil S Kumar

Euler presents a third proof of the Fermat theorem, the one that lets us call it the Euler-Fermat theorem. This seems to be the proof that Euler likes best. He also proves that the smallest power x^n that, when divided by a numer N, prime…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2012-03-12 Leonhard Euler , Artur Diener , Alexander Aycock

We will be presenting two theorems in this paper. The first theorem, which is a new result, is about the non-existence of integer solutions of the cubic diophantine equation. In the proof of this theorem we have used some known results from…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Joseph Amal Nathan

This note discusses the existence of prime numbers in short intervals. An unconditional elementary argument seems to prove the existence of primes in the short intervals [x, x + y], where y >= x^(1/2)(log x)^e, e > 0, and a sufficiently…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2009-01-07 N. A. Carella

A famous conjecture of Erd\H os and Straus is that for every integer $n\ge2$, $4/n$ can be represented as $1/x+1/y+1/z$, where $x,y,z$ are positive integers. This conjecture was generalized to $5/n$ by Sierpi\'nski, and then Schinzel…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-16 Carl Pomerance , Andreas Weingartner

The title equation, where $p>3$ is a prime number $\not\equiv 7 \pmod 8$, $q$ is an odd prime number and $x,y,n$ are positive integers with $x,y$ relatively prime, is studied. When $p\equiv 3\pmod 8$, we prove (Theorem 2.3) that there are…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-27 A. Laradji , M. Mignotte , N. Tzanakis

A set of integers is \emph{primitive} if it does not contain an element dividing another. Denote by $f(n)$ the number of maximum-size primitive subsets of $\{1,\ldots, 2n\}$. We prove that the limit $\alpha=\lim_{n\rightarrow…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Hong Liu , Péter Pál Pach , Richárd Palincza

We obtain an upper bound for the number of pairs $ (a,b) \in {A\times B} $ such that $ a+b $ is a prime number, where $ A, B \subseteq \{1,...,N \}$ with $|A||B| \, \gg \frac{N^2}{(\log {N})^2}$, $\, N \geq 1$ an integer. This improves on a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Kummari Mallesham

Let $p$ be a prime number. In the early 2000s, it was proved that the Fermat equations with coefficients \[3x^p + 8y^p + 21z^p =0\quad \text{ and } \quad 3x^p + 4y^p + 5z^p=0 \] do not admit non-trivial solutions for a set of exponents $p$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-06-15 Nuno Freitas , Alain Kraus

Let $A$ be a finite set of integers. We show that if $k$ is a prime power or a product of two distinct primes then $$|A+k\cdot A|\geq(k+1)|A|-\lceil k(k+2)/4\rceil$$ provided $|A|\geq (k-1)^{2}k!$, where $A+k\cdot A=\{a+kb:\ a,b\in A\}$. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-02-21 Shan-Shan Du , Hui-Qin Cao , Zhi-Wei Sun

In this paper, we consider the exponential Diophantine equation $a^{x}+b^{y}=c^{z},$ where $a, b, c$ be relatively prime positive integers such that $a^{2}+b^{2}=c^{r}, r\in Z^{+}, 2\mid r$ with $b$ even. That is $$a=\mid…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Hairong Bai

Let ${\rm rad}(n)$ denote the product of distinct prime factors of an integer $n\geq 1$. The celebrated $abc$ conjecture asks whether every solution to the equation $a+b=c$ in triples of coprime integers $(a,b,c)$ must satisfy ${\rm…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-21 Jared Duker Lichtman

The sumset is one of the most basic and central objects in additive number theory. Many of the most important problems (such as Goldbach's conjecture and Fermat's Last theorem) can be formulated in terms of the sumset $S + S = \{x+y :…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Steven J. Miller , Kevin Vissuet

Given $k \geq 2$, we show that there are at most finitely many rational numbers $x$ and $y \neq 0$ and integers $\ell \geq 2$ (with $(k,\ell) \neq (2,2)$) for which $$ x (x+1) \cdots (x+k-1) = y^\ell. $$ In particular, if we assume that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Michael Bennett , Samir Siksek

We prove that there exists a k_0>0 such that every sufficiently large odd integer n with 3\mid n can be represented as p_1+p_2+p_3, where p_1,p_2 are Chen's primes and p_3 is a prime with p_3+2 has at most k_0 prime factors.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-12-25 Hongze Li , Hao Pan

We prove that every sufficiently large integer $n$ can be written as the sum of a prime and an integer that is not square-free. In addition, we expect this result holds for every $n > 24$ and prove two results to support this claim. First,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Ethan S. Lee , Rowan O'Clarey