4 research outputs found
Cycles of Sums of Integers
We study the period of the linear map as a
function of and , where stands for the ring of integers
modulo . This map being a variant of the Ducci map, several known results
are adapted in the context of . The main theorem of this paper states that
the period modulo can be deduced from the prime factorization of and
the periods of its prime factors. We give some other interesting properties.Comment: Submitted March 8 201
Around Pelikan's conjecture on very odd sequences
Very odd sequences were introduced in 1973 by J. Pelikan who conjectured that
there were none of length >=5. This conjecture was disproved by MacWilliams and
Odlyzko in 1977 who proved there are in fact many very odd sequences. We give
connections of these sequences with duadic codes, cyclic difference sets,
levels (Stufen) of cyclotomic fields, and derive some new asymptotic results on
their lengths and on S(n), which denotes the number of very odd sequences of
length n.Comment: 21 pages, two tables. Revised version with improved presentation and
correction of some typos and minor errors that will appear in Manuscripta
Mathematic
Artin's primitive root conjecture -a survey -
This is an expanded version of a write-up of a talk given in the fall of 2000
in Oberwolfach. A large part of it is intended to be understandable by
non-number theorists with a mathematical background. The talk covered some of
the history, results and ideas connected with Artin's celebrated primitive root
conjecture dating from 1927. In the update several new results established
after 2000 are also discussed.Comment: 87 pages, 512 references, to appear in Integer