On the prime power factorization of n!
Number Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In this paper we prove two results. The first theorem uses a paper of Kim \cite{K} to show that for fixed primes , and for fixed integers , with , the numbers are uniformly distributed modulo , where is the order of the prime in the factorization of . That implies one of Sander's conjecture from \cite{S}, for any set of odd primes. Berend \cite{B} asks to find the fastest growing function so that for large and any given finite sequence , there exists such that the congruences hold for all . Here, is the th prime number. In our second result, we are able to show that can be taken to be at least , with some absolute constant , provided that only the first odd prime numbers are involved.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0304272,
title = {On the prime power factorization of n!},
author = {Florian Luca and Pantelimon Stanica},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0304272},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
7 pages; accepted Journal of Number Theory