The exceptional-index conjecture for Stirling numbers S(n,5)

For nNn\in\mathbb{N}, let qn=ν2(S(n,5))q_n=\nu_{2}(S(n,5)), and call ii exceptional when q4iq4i+3q_{4i}\neq q_{4i+3}. The observed exceptional indices begin with 7,39,71,103,7,39,71,103,\ldots. The exceptional-index conjecture. The set of exceptional indices is

{32j+7:j1}.\{32j+7:j\geq 1\}.

This is a conjectural refinement of the analysis of the two non-constant residue classes for S(n,5)S(n,5); the supplied text gives no proof or resolution.

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Tewodros Amdeberhan, Dante Manna and Victor H. Moll, “The 2-adic valuations of Stirling numbers”, arXiv:0707.3104 (2007).

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