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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 mm is any integer such that (m,2ϕ(m))=1(m,2\phi(m))=1 then there exist infinitely many Carmichael numbers divisible by mm. As a consequence, we are able to prove that lim infn Carmichaelϕ(n)n=0\liminf_{n\text{ Carmichael}}\frac{\phi(n)}{n}=0, 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

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