3 papers
math.NT2026
A Multiplicative Fourier Proof of the Length-Four Index Conjecture
Hongjian Li, Pingzhi Yuan, Shijie Yuan +1
Let be a cyclic group of order . The index conjecture in zero-sum theory asserts that if , then every minimal zero-sum sequence of length four over has inde…
math.NT2025
On the Elementary Symmetric Functions of
Weilin Zhang, Hongjian Li, Sunben Chiu +1
In 1946, P. ErdÅs and I. Niven proved that there are only finitely many positive integers for which one or more of the elementary symmetric functions of , $\cdots, 1…
math.NT2025
On the representation of rational numbers via Euler's totient function
Weilin Zhang, Fengyuan Chen, Hongjian Li +1
Let be an odd positive integer and . In this paper, we show that every positive rational number can be written as and $Ï(k(m…