Scientific African (Sep 2024)

Minimal size balanced sets mod p

  • Nguyen Phu Cuong,
  • Zhivko P. Nedev,
  • Adamu Murtala Zungeru

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25
p. e02252

Abstract

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A nonempty set S of residues modulo N is said to be balanced if for each x∈S, there is a d with 01. Thus, the sequence simplifies to cm=2m+13 with m odd. Finally, we prove that if 2p+13 is prime, then p must be a prime.

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