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In a recent paper, Bilu et al. studied a conjecture of Marques and Lengyel on the $p$-adic valuation of the Tribonacci sequence. In this article, we study the $p$-adic valuation of third order linear recurrence sequences by considering a…

In this paper, we prove an unconditionnal bound for the analytic rank (i.e the order of vanishing at the critical point of the $L$ function) of the new part $J^n_0(q)$, of the jacobian of the modular curve $X_0(q)$. Our main resultis the…

A rationality condition is derived for the existence of odd perfect numbers involving the square root of a product, which consists of a sequence of repunits, multiplied by twice the base of one of the repunits. This constraint also provides…

For a fixed prime $p$, let $e_p(n!)$ denote the order of $p$ in the prime factorization of $n!$. Chen and Liu (2007) asked whether for any fixed $m$, one has $\{e_p(n^2!) \bmod m:\; n\in\mathbb{Z}\}=\mathbb{Z}_m$ and $\{e_p(q!) \bmod m:\; q…

We establish the existence of multiple solutions for a nonlinear problem of critical type. The problem considered is fractional in nature, since it is obtained by the superposition of $(s,p)$-fractional Laplacians of different orders. The…

We prove that any positive rational number is the sum of distinct unit fractions with denominators in $\{p-1 : p\textrm{ prime}\}$. The same conclusion holds for the set $\{p-h : p\textrm{ prime}\}$ for any $h\in\mathbb{Z}\backslash\{0\}$,…

We address an inverse problem in non-Archimedean dynamics: given a finite discrete dynamical system (equivalently, a functional graph on $N$ states), construct a continuous $p$-adic dynamical system whose residue-level behavior reproduces…

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In this article, we derive lower bounds for the number of distinct prime divisors of families of non-zero Fourier coefficients of non-CM primitive cusp forms and more generally of non-CM primitive Hilbert cusp forms. In particular, for the…

Let $w$ be a finite word of length $n$. In this paper, we study the maximum possible number of distinct rational power factors in a finite word. A rational power is a word of the form $u=p^kp'$, where $p$ is a nonempty finite word, $k$ is…

Richter, Stephan, and Zhang asked whether every nonrecursive many-one degree contains a least finite-one degree. We solve this question in the negative, already within the class of computably enumerable many-one degrees. Positive answers…

We consider the following supercritical problem for the Lane-Emden system: \begin{equation}\label{eq00} \begin{cases} -\Delta u_1=|u_2|^{p-1}u_2\ &in\ D,\\ -\Delta u_2=|u_1|^{q-1}u_1 \ &in\ D,\\ u_1=u_2=0\ &on\ \partial D, \end{cases}…

The $p$-adic Littlewood conjecture (PLC) states that $\liminf_{q\to\infty} q\cdot |q|_p \cdot ||qx|| = 0$ for every prime $p$ and every real $x$. Let $w_{CF}(x)$ be an infinite word composed of the continued fraction expansion of $x$ and…

For a fixed positive integer d, we show the existence of the limiting gap distribution measure for the sets of Farey fractions a/q of order Q with a not divisible by d, and respectively with q relatively prime with d, as Q tends to…

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Let $S \subset R$ be an arbitrary subset of a unique factorization domain $R$ and $\K$ be the field of fractions of $R$. The ring of integer-valued polynomials over $S$ is the set $\mathrm{Int}(S,R)= \{ f \in \mathbb{K}[x]: f(a) \in R\…

Let $c$ be a positive odd integer and $R$ a set of $n$ primes coprime with $c$. We consider equations $X + Y = c^z$ in three integer unknowns $X$, $Y$, $z$, where $z > 0$, $Y > X > 0$, and the primes dividing $XY$ are precisely those in…