Variations of Lehmer's conjecture for Ramanujan's tau-function

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2020.04.009zbMATH Open1497.11080arXiv2005.10345OpenAlexW3028060585WikidataQ113870371 ScholiaQ113870371MaRDI QIDQ2127192FDOQ2127192

Authors: Jennifer S. Balakrishnan, Ken Ono, William Craig 

Publication date: 20 April 2022

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider natural variants of Lehmer's unresolved conjecture that Ramanujan's tau-function never vanishes. Namely, for $n>1$ we prove that ${\displaystyle }$ au(n) ot in {pm 1, pm 3, pm 5, pm 7, pm 691}.${\displaystyle }$ This result is an example of general theorems for newforms with trivial mod 2 residual Galois representation, which will appear in forthcoming work of the authors with Wei-Lun Tsai. Ramanujan's well-known congruences for $au(n)$ allow for the simplified proof in these special cases. We make use of the theory of Lucas sequences, the Chabauty-Coleman method for hyperelliptic curves, and facts about certain Thue equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.10345

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zbMATH Keywords

Thue equationLehmer's conjectureRamanujan's tau-functionprimitive divisors of Lucas sequences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and polynomials and generalizations (11B39) Higher degree equations; Fermat's equation (11D41) Exponential Diophantine equations (11D61) Linear forms in logarithms; Baker's method (11J86)

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Uses Software

• Magma
• PARI/GP
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