Sum on GCD and prime numbers

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I was studying gcd then I encountered this sum $(1).$

A conjecture:

If $(1)=1$ for any values of $N\ge3$, then N is a prime number.

Let:

$$f(N)=\frac{1}{N^{1-s}(N-1)}\sum_{j=1}^{N}(-1)^jj^s\frac{{N \choose j}}{gcd(j,N)}=1\tag1$$

where gcd is the greatest common divisor and $s\ge1$

If this sum is correct, can we uses it to test for prime numbers or look for a largest prime number?

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This sum is lacking efficient usability. There is no largest prime, only largest known. So, no it can't be used for values that don't exist. The sum can be made to look as follows:$$\begin{eqnarray}\frac{N^{s-1}\sum_{j=1}^{N}(-1)^jj^s\frac{{N \choose j}}{gcd(j,N)}}{(N-1)}=1\tag2\\{N^{s-1}\sum_{j=1}^{N}(-1)^jj^s\frac{\frac{N!}{j!(N-j)!}}{(N-1)gcd(j,N)}}=1\tag3\\{N^{s}\sum_{j=1}^{N}(-1)^jj^s\frac{\frac{(N-1)!}{j!(N-j)!}}{(N-1)gcd(j,N)}}=1\tag4\\{N^{s}\sum_{j=1}^{N}(-1)^jj^s\frac{\frac{(N-2)!}{j!(N-j)!}}{gcd(j,N)}}=1\tag5\\{N^{s}\sum_{j=1}^{N}(-1)^jj^{s-1}\frac{\frac{(N-2)!}{(j-1)!(N-j)!}}{gcd(j,N)}}=1\tag6\\\sum_{j=1}^{N}(-1)^jj^{s-1}\frac{(N-2)!}{gcd(j,N)(j-1)!(N-j)!}=\frac{1}{N^s}\tag7\\\end{eqnarray}$$

It still isn't useful as written though.