Zeros Conjecture for the 22-factors of A(n)A(n) and Q(n)Q(n)

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For an integer xx and prime pp, let [x]p[x]_p denote the largest power of pp dividing xx, with [0]p=∞[0]_p=\infty. Let A(n)A(n) be the factorial-numerator sequence from the Taylor partial sums of ee, and let Q(n)Q(n) be the denominator sequence of the continued-fraction convergents of ee. Zeros Conjecture. For each n≥0n\geq 0,

[Q(3n)]2≤4[n(n+2)]2,[Q(3n)]_2\leq 4[n(n+2)]_2, [Q(3n+1)]2≤2[n+1]2,[Q(3n+1)]_2\leq 2[n+1]_2, [Q(3n+2)]2=1,[Q(3n+2)]_2=1,

and

[A(n)]2≤(n+1)2.[A(n)]_2\leq (n+1)^2.

These bounds locate the zeros modulo powers of 22 and are used in the paper's conditional proof of the partial-sum conjecture. The conjecture is presented as supported by tables and remains unverified in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Jonathan Sondow and Kyle Schalm, “Which Partial Sums of the Taylor Series for e are Convergents to e? (and a Link to the Primes 2, 5, 13, 37, 463), II”, arXiv:0709.0671 (2009).

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