The third approximation claim for ν₂(S(m,5))

Let Err2(m,5)\operatorname{Err}_2(m,5), x2(m)x_2(m), β(m)\beta(m), and f3(m)f_3(m) be defined by the preceding approximation scheme. In particular,

β(m)=αm+(1)m+1λ3(m),\beta(m)=\alpha_m+(-1)^{m+1}\lambda_3(m),

and

f3(m)=41λ3(m)m+23+λ3(m)(85λ3(m)+8λ2(m+1)+2λ3(m+1)).f_3(m)=4^{1-\lambda_3(m)}\left\lfloor\frac{m+2}{3}\right\rfloor+\lambda_3(m)\left(85\lambda_3(m)+8\lambda_2(m+1)+2\lambda_3(m+1)\right).

The third approximation claim. For most mNm\in\mathbb{N},

Err2(x2(m),5)=(1)β(x2(m))ν2(f3(x2(m))).\operatorname{Err}_2(x_2(m),5)=(-1)^{\beta(x_2(m))}\nu_2(f_3(x_2(m))).

The source presents this as an empirical “final improvement,” not as a formally stated conjecture; its resolution is not given.

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Primary source

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

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