Prime-factor statistics of p−1p-1

Claimed, not checked 3 papers September 17, 2026
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Proves that the normalized ordered logarithms of the prime factors of p−1p-1, counted with multiplicity, converge jointly to the Poisson–Dirichlet law PD(1)\mathrm{PD}(1) as p ranges uniformly over primes up to x and x→∞x\to\infty. This resolves the Ford–Konyagin–Luca conjecture. It also proves that infinitely many integers n have more than n1−εn^{1-\varepsilon} totient preimages, for every ε > 0.

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