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A conjecture on covers of $\mathbb Z$ by residue classes
Let $A=\{a_s+n_s\mathbb Z\}_{s=1}^k$ be a finite system of residue classes, where $a_s$ and $n_s>0$ are integers. For a positive integer $m$, if $A$ covers each integer at least $m$ times then we ...
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Is it true that $\sum_{k=m}^n\frac{\sigma(k)}k\not\in\mathbb Z$ for all derangements $\sigma\in S_n$ and $1\le m\le n$?
Let $S_n$ be the symmetric group of all the permutations of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$.
Recall that a permutation $\sigma\in S_n$ is called a derangemnt if $\sigma(k)\not=k$ for all $k=1,\ldots,n$.
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Odd & even permutations and unit fractions
One more motivated by recent questions of Zhi-Wei Sun.
Let $S_n$ be the group of permutations of $\{1,2,\ldots, n\}$.
Is it true that, for every $n \ge 8$, there is at least one even permutation $\...
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Derangements and unit fractions
Motivated by a recent question of Zhi-Wei Sun and its nice answer by Zhao Shen, here are two related questions.
Let $S_n$ be the group of permutations on $\{1, 2, \ldots, n\}$.
a. For each $n \ge ...