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On the 2-adic valuation of (a^b-c^d)

Number Theory 2021-09-01 v1

Abstract

In this paper will be proved an inequality regarding v2(abcd)v_2(a^{b}-c^{d}). Using this formula it will be possible to have informations about the divisibility of 2 of this function without computing it. Then, will be studied the behavior of this function when it approaches infinity and there will be a lot of analogies with 2-adic integers. This result may be easily used on a calculator, to facilitate the analysis of the divisibility by 2 of this function for large values. Furthermore 2-adic valuation and in general 2-adic analysis is related to binary system, and every work related to it could have a lot of applications in informatics.

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@article{arxiv.2108.13471,
  title  = {On the 2-adic valuation of (a^b-c^d)},
  author = {Luca Onnis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.13471},
  year   = {2021}
}

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15 pages, 9 figures