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Euler's divergent series in arithmetic progressions

Number Theory 2018-09-12 v1

Abstract

Let ξ\xi and mm be integers satisfying ξ0\xi\ne 0 and m3m\ge 3. We show that for any given integers aa and bb, b0b \neq 0, there are φ(m)2\frac{\varphi(m)}{2} reduced residue classes modulo mm each containing infinitely many primes pp such that abFp(ξ)0a-bF_p(\xi) \ne 0, where Fp(ξ)=n=0n!ξnF_p(\xi)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty n!\xi^n is the pp-adic evaluation of Euler's factorial series at the point ξ\xi.

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@article{arxiv.1809.03859,
  title  = {Euler's divergent series in arithmetic progressions},
  author = {Anne-Maria Ernvall-Hytönen and Tapani Matala-aho and Louna Seppälä},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.03859},
  year   = {2018}
}
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