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Distribution of digits of $pq$-adic idempotents (aka "automorphic numbers")

Let $p$ and $q$ be distinct primes. By the ring of $pq$-adic integers I mean the ring $\mathbb{Z}_{pq} := \varprojlim \mathbb{Z}/(pq)^n\mathbb{Z}$ which is obviously isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}_p \...
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Power series defined by Witt vectors / Teichmüller representatives of p-adics

Let $K$ be $\mathbb{Q}_p$ for some prime $p$ (or more generally an unramified extension $W(\mathbb{F}_q)$ of $\mathbb{Q}_p$). If $\xi \in K$, we can write it in a unique way in the form $\sum a_i p^i$...
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Dynamics of a curious bijection of $\mathbb N$

The two sequences A48680 and A48679 of the OEIS define two mutually inverse bijections on the set of all strictly positive natural numbers given (for the comfort of the reader) as follows: Given an ...
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Existence of an explosive prime

The motivation to introduce explosive prime is Carmichael's totient conjecture (see why below). Let $\mathbb{N}_{SF}$ be the set of positive square-free integers. Consider the map $f:\mathbb{N}_{SF} \...
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Math videos featuring interesting data animations

I am looking for interesting videos featuring pure data animations (not someone talking about math, but a video featuring some math phenomenon). I am interested in videos that tell a story, rather ...
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Why the curve $x^2+y^2+y+1=0$ has only one point over $\mathbb{F}_{3^7}$?

According to both sagemath and Magma the curve $x^2+y^2+y+1=0$ has only one point over $\mathbb{F}_{3^7}$. The projective closure has only one point too. Q1 What hypothesis are missing to not violate ...
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Some statistics related to the abc conjecture

We did some statistics about the 14 million good abc triples below 10^18 taken from Bart de Smith site. This was examining just the top of the iceberg, since the interesting triples grow very likely ...
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Growth functions of finite group - computation, typical behaviour, surveys?

Looking on the growth function for Rubik's group and symmetric group, one sees rather different behaviour: Rubik's growth in LOG scale (see MO322877): S_n n=9 growth and nice fit by normal ...
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Are there any known Khinchin reals for which the asymptotics of "average" of their coefficients seems experimentally known?

We can define a Khinchin Real and recall the definition of Khinchin's Constant A real number $r$ is a Khinchin real if given the simple continued fraction expansion of $r$ as $$ r = a_0 + \cfrac{1}{...
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Zeros of the semiprimes

Let $P$ be the prime zeta function $$ P (s) = \sum_{p\, \in\text{ primes}} \frac 1 {p^s} = \frac {1} {2^s} + \frac {1} {3^s} + \frac 1 {5^s} + \frac 1 {7^s} + \frac 1 {11^s} + \cdots $$ and define the ...
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Primes of the form $a+b^k$ for $k=(a \bmod 2),\ldots,n$?

Procrastinal problem: Given $n$, one can ask for integers $a,b>1$ of different parities such that $a+b^k$ is prime for $k=(a\bmod 2),\ldots,n$. A few examples are: $2+4995825^k$ is prime for $k=0,\...
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Curious sequences associated to continuous fractions

Given a strictly positive initial rational number $x_0$ in $\mathbb Q_>$ we define a sequence $x_0,x_1,\ldots$ recursively by setting $x_{n+1}=x_n+1/S(x_n)$ for $S(x)=a_0+a_1+\ldots+a_k$ where $[...
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Conjectures that can be tested with large numbers of Hecke eigenvalues of GSp(4) automorphic forms

As part of my thesis work I have proved Ibukiyama's conjecture implies something about $\mathrm{SO}(5)$ forms associated to certain lattices lifting to $\mathrm{GSp}(4)$ (This was originally a ...
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On the cardinality of the set of right-truncatable primes

We say that the (base ten) prime number $p=a_{n}a_{n-1}a_{n-2}\cdots a_{1}a_{0}$ is right-truncatable if all of the following numbers are prime: \begin{eqnarray*}a_{n},\\a_{n}a_{n-1},\\ a_{n}a_{n-1}...
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Experimentation with partial Euler products

Richard Mathar $[1]\& [2]$ shows that \begin{align} &\zeta_{2}(s)\equiv\prod_{\Omega(n)=2}^{}\left(\dfrac{1}{1 - n^{s}}\right)^{-1}=\exp \left(\sum _{k=1}^n \frac{P(k s)^2+P(2 k s)}{2 k}\right)...
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Astonishing affinity of Wolfram's rule 110 to the numbers 2 and 7

I investigated the evolution of a single black cell on 1-dimensional grids with periodic boundary conditions of variable sizes $N$ under Wolfram's rule 110 which is the only one for which Turing ...
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The Knuth-Stolarsky conjecture in addition chains

I would like some general feedback on an experiment I have run in the field of addition chains. An addition chain for target integer $n$ is defined as: $$1=a_0<a_1<\cdots<a_r=n \text{ with } ...
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Using Ehrhart polynomials to count primes?

As indicated below, one could use the Ehrhart polynomials of the simplex in number theory. Here are the questions without context first: Questions: The sum $$\sum_{k=0}^t (-1)^k ( \operatorname{...
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Does there exist an $L$-function for any subset of $\mathbb{N}$?

Consider the following prime sum: \begin{aligned} \sum _{p}{\frac {\cos(x\log p)}{p^{1/2}}} \end{aligned} whose spikes appear at the Riemann $\zeta$ zeros as shown here. Taking these detected spikes (...
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Possible shifts in finite elementary cellular automata

I investigated the long term behaviour of a pair of black cells ■■ on a circle of $N$ cells under the action of each of Wolfram's rules $R$. For each combination $(R,N)$ I determined the first ...
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Similar problems for the Dedekind psi function than those that are in the literature for the Euler's totient function: reference request or proposals

I know the linked articles from Wikipedia for the Euler's totient function and the Dedekind psi function. I know that are in the literature famous, interesting and difficult problems involving the ...
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