Carmichael Numbers in All Possible Arithmetic Progressions
Number Theory
2025-10-16 v2
Abstract
We prove that every arithmetic progression either contains infinitely many Carmichael numbers or none at all. Furthermore, there is a simple criterion for determining which category a given arithmetic progression falls into. In particular, if is any integer such that then there exist infinitely many Carmichael numbers divisible by . As a consequence, we are able to prove that , resolving a question of Alford, Granville, and Pomerance.
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@article{arxiv.2504.09056,
title = {Carmichael Numbers in All Possible Arithmetic Progressions},
author = {Daniel Larsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.09056},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
56 pages; minor corrections and clarifications