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Modular periodicity of the Euler numbers and a sequence by Arnold

Combinatorics 2018-05-08 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

For any positive integer qq, the sequence of the Euler up/down numbers reduced modulo qq was proved to be ultimately periodic by Knuth and Buckholtz. Based on computer simulations, we state for each value of qq precise conjectures for the minimal period and for the position at which the sequence starts being periodic. When qq is a power of 22, a sequence defined by Arnold appears, and we formulate a conjecture for a simple computation of this sequence.

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@article{arxiv.1712.08666,
  title  = {Modular periodicity of the Euler numbers and a sequence by Arnold},
  author = {Sanjay Ramassamy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.08666},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures, 1 table