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The 2-adic valuation of a sequence arising from a rational integral

Number Theory 2007-07-17 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We analyze properties of the 2-adic valuations of an integer sequence that originates from an explicit evaluation of a quartic integral. We also give a combinatorial interpretation of the valuations of this sequence. Connections with the orbits arising from the Collatz (3x+1) problem are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.0707.2119,
  title  = {The 2-adic valuation of a sequence arising from a rational integral},
  author = {Tewodros Amdeberhan and Dante Manna and Victor H. Moll},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.2119},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages, 6 figures