Korselt Rational Bases and Sets

Publication date: 21 November 2019

Abstract: For a positive integer

N

and

m a t h b b A

a subset of

m a t h b b Q

, let

m a t h b b A

-

m a t h c a l K S (N)

denote the set of

a l p h a = d f r a c a l p h a_{1} a l p h a_{2} i n m a t h b b A s e t m i n u s 0, N

verifying

a l p h a_{2} p - a l p h a_{1}

divides

a l p h a_{2} N - a l p h a_{1}

for every prime divisor

p

of

N

. The set

m a t h b b A

-

m a t h c a l K S (N)

is called the set of Korselt bases of

N

in

m a t h b b A

or simply the

m a t h b b A

-Korselt set of

N

. In this paper, we prove that for each squarefree composite number

N i n m a t h b b N s e t m i n u s 0, 1

the

m a t h b b Q

-Korselt set of

N

is finite where we provide an upper and lower bounds for each Korselt base of

N

in

m a t h b b Q

. Furthermore, we give a necessary and a sufficient condition for the upper bound of a Korselt base to be reached.

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