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| author | Mballa, Philemon Urbain |
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| contents | This article proposes a unified analytical approach leading to a partial resolution of the Erdos-Straus, Sierpinski conjectures, and their generalization. We introduce an equivalent reformulation of these conjectures while constructing two new explicit analytical formulas. The first formula, which is a special case of the second, is based on a divisibility condition, whereas the second, more general formula, relies on the existence of a perfect square, which we conjecture to always hold. Under these conditions, the formulas verify the conjectures even for very large numerical values. Moreover, our method reduces the problem to the search for a suitable perfect square, thereby opening the way to a complete proof of these conjectures. In conclusion, we present open questions and conjectures to the mathematical community regarding the generalization of these formulas. |
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| spellingShingle | Partial Resolution of the Erdös-Straus, Sierpinski, and Generalized Erdös-Straus Conjectures Using New Analytical Formulas Mballa, Philemon Urbain Number Theory This article proposes a unified analytical approach leading to a partial resolution of the Erdos-Straus, Sierpinski conjectures, and their generalization. We introduce an equivalent reformulation of these conjectures while constructing two new explicit analytical formulas. The first formula, which is a special case of the second, is based on a divisibility condition, whereas the second, more general formula, relies on the existence of a perfect square, which we conjecture to always hold. Under these conditions, the formulas verify the conjectures even for very large numerical values. Moreover, our method reduces the problem to the search for a suitable perfect square, thereby opening the way to a complete proof of these conjectures. In conclusion, we present open questions and conjectures to the mathematical community regarding the generalization of these formulas. |
| title | Partial Resolution of the Erdös-Straus, Sierpinski, and Generalized Erdös-Straus Conjectures Using New Analytical Formulas |
| topic | Number Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20935 |