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Distribution modulo one and denominators of the Bernoulli polynomials

Number Theory 2017-08-24 v1

Abstract

Let {}\{\cdot\} denote the fractional part and n1n \geq 1 be a fixed integer. In this short note, we show for any prime pp the one-to-one correspondence ν1{npν}>1    pdenom(Bn(x)Bn),\sum_{\nu \geq 1} \left\{\frac{n}{p^\nu}\right\} > 1 \quad \iff \quad p \mid \mathrm{denom}( B_n(x) - B_n ), where Bn(x)BnB_n(x) - B_n is the nnth Bernoulli polynomial without constant term and denom()\mathrm{denom}(\cdot) is its denominator, which is squarefree.

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@article{arxiv.1708.07119,
  title  = {Distribution modulo one and denominators of the Bernoulli polynomials},
  author = {Bernd C. Kellner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.07119},
  year   = {2017}
}

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