The a≡3(mod4)a\equiv3\pmod 4 Stirling valuation conjecture

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Let f(b,c)=σ2(b)−σ2(c)+ν2((2c−b−1c))f(b,c)=\sigma_2(b)-\sigma_2(c)+\nu_2\left(\binom{2c-b-1}{c}\right), where c32c3_2 is the binary digit sum and bd2bd_2 is the 22-adic valuation. Let a,b,c,ha,b,c,h be positive integers satisfying c>b≥1c>b\ge1 and 3≤a≤2h−13\le a\le2^{h-1} with a≡3(mod4)a\equiv3\pmod 4. The a≡3(mod4)a\equiv3\pmod 4 conjecture. One has

ν2(S(c2h+2,b2h+a))=σ2(a)+f(b,c)+ν2((a+12))−1.\nu_2\left(S\left(c2^h+2,b2^h+a\right)\right)=\sigma_2(a)+f(b,c)+\nu_2\left(\binom{a+1}{2}\right)-1.

The claim is motivated by numerical experimentation and extends the theorem's lower bound in the residue class a≡3(mod4)a\equiv3\pmod4; its resolution is not given in the supplied text.

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Arnold Adelberg and Tamas Lengyel, “New results on the p-adic valuation of Stirling numbers”, arXiv:2111.08766 (2021).

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