Thangadurai's conjectural refinement of Adams's theorem for Bernoulli numerators

Let p>3p>3 be a prime, let nn be a positive even integer, and write plnp^l\mathrel{\|}n to mean that plnp^l\mid n but pl+1np^{l+1}\nmid n. Assume that p1np-1\nmid n. Write pβN(Bn)p^\beta\mathrel{\|}N(B_n) to mean that pβp^\beta exactly divides the numerator N(Bn)N(B_n) of the Bernoulli number BnB_n. Thangadurai's conjecture. If

pln,p^l\mathrel{\|}n,

then

pβN(Bn)βl+1.p^\beta\mathrel{\|}N(B_n)\quad\Longrightarrow\quad \beta\leq l+1.

This is presented as a more recent conjectural version of Adams's theorem, which gives a related divisibility result for Bernoulli numbers. The source gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Claire Levaillant, “Wilson's theorem modulo p^2 derived from Faulhaber polynomials”, arXiv:1912.06652 (2019).

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