Rational-center valuation conjecture for the Tribonacci sequence

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Let pp be a prime number, and let T(n)T(n) be the Tribonacci sequence defined by T(0)=0T(0)=0, T(1)=T(2)=1T(1)=T(2)=1, and T(n+3)=T(n+2)+T(n+1)+T(n)T(n+3)=T(n+2)+T(n+1)+T(n). Write νp(m)\nu_p(m) for the exponent of pp in a nonzero integer mm, with νp(0)=∞\nu_p(0)=\infty. Rational-center valuation conjecture. There exists a positive integer QQ such that, for every i∈{0,1,…,Q−1}i\in\{0,1,\ldots,Q-1\}, one of the following holds: (C) there exists κi∈Z≥0\kappa_i\in\mathbb Z_{\ge0} such that, for all but finitely many integers n≡i(modQ)n\equiv i\pmod Q, νp(T(n))=κi\nu_p(T(n))=\kappa_i; or (L) there exist ai∈Qa_i\in\mathbb Q, κi∈Z\kappa_i\in\mathbb Z, and μi∈Z>0\mu_i\in\mathbb Z_{>0} satisfying νp(ai−i)≥νp(Q)\nu_p(a_i-i)\ge\nu_p(Q) such that, for all but finitely many integers n≡i(modQ)n\equiv i\pmod Q, νp(T(n))=κi+μiνp(n−ai)\nu_p(T(n))=\kappa_i+\mu_i\nu_p(n-a_i). This is proposed as a possible repair of the preceding conjecture after its failure; no resolution is supplied in the text.

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Yuri Bilu, Florian Luca, Joris Nieuwveld, Jöel Ouaknine and James Worrell, “On the p-adic zeros of the Tribonacci sequence”, arXiv:2210.16959 (2022).

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