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Products of $p$-Adic Valuation Trees

Number Theory 2023-08-24 v1

Abstract

The study of prime divisibility plays a crucial role in number theory. The pp-adic valuation of a number is the highest power of a prime, pp, that divides that number. Using this valuation, we construct pp-adic valuation trees to visually represent the valuations of a sequence. We investigate how nodes split on trees generated by linear functions with rational coefficients, as well as those formed from a product of linear or lower degree polynomials. We describe the infinite branches of these polynomial trees and the valuations of their terminating nodes.

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@article{arxiv.2308.11718,
  title  = {Products of $p$-Adic Valuation Trees},
  author = {Dillon Snyder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.11718},
  year   = {2023}
}