For which 2-adic integers $x$ can $\sum_k \binom xk^{-1}$ be defined?
Number Theory
2013-01-14 v1
Abstract
Let . In a previous paper, we defined for a p-adic integer x that f(x) is p-definable if lim exists in , where denotes the mod reduction of . We proved that if p is odd, then -1 is the only element of for which f(x) is p-definable. For p=2, we proved that if the 1's in the binary expansion of x are eventually extraordinarily sparse, then f(x) is 2-definable. Here we present some conjectures that f(x) is 2-definable for many more 2-adic integers. We discuss the extent to which we can prove these conjectures.
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@article{arxiv.1301.2532,
title = {For which 2-adic integers $x$ can $\sum_k \binom xk^{-1}$ be defined?},
author = {Donald M. Davis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.2532},
year = {2013}
}
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Preliminary report