Bounds on the $p$-adic valuation of the factorial, hyperfactorial and superfactorial

Fuente: arXiv
Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pain, Jean-Christophe
Formato: Preprint
Publicado: 2024
Materias:
Acceso en línea:
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1866911974510559232
author Pain, Jean-Christophe
author_facet Pain, Jean-Christophe
contents In this article, we investigate the $p$-adic valuation $ν_p$ of quantities such as the factorial $n!$, the hyperfactorial $H(n)$ or the superfactorial $\mathrm{sf}(n)$. In particular, we obtain simple bounds (both upper and lower) for $ν_p$, using the Legendre-de Polignac formula. Other iterated quantities such as the Berezin function, are also considered. Beyond their recreational character, such quantities, often related to very large numbers, may find applications for cryptography purposes. Finally, lower and upper bounds for the $p$-adic valuation of Stirling numbers of the first kind and Catalan numbers are briefly discussed.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2408_00353
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Bounds on the $p$-adic valuation of the factorial, hyperfactorial and superfactorial
Pain, Jean-Christophe
Number Theory
In this article, we investigate the $p$-adic valuation $ν_p$ of quantities such as the factorial $n!$, the hyperfactorial $H(n)$ or the superfactorial $\mathrm{sf}(n)$. In particular, we obtain simple bounds (both upper and lower) for $ν_p$, using the Legendre-de Polignac formula. Other iterated quantities such as the Berezin function, are also considered. Beyond their recreational character, such quantities, often related to very large numbers, may find applications for cryptography purposes. Finally, lower and upper bounds for the $p$-adic valuation of Stirling numbers of the first kind and Catalan numbers are briefly discussed.
title Bounds on the $p$-adic valuation of the factorial, hyperfactorial and superfactorial
topic Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00353