Erdős Problem #404 — For which integers a≥1a\geq 1 and primes pp is there a finite upper bound on those kk such that there are a=a1<⋯<ana=a_1<\cdots<a_n with pk∣(a1!+⋯+an!)?p^k \mid (a_1!+\cdots+a_n!)? If f(a,p)f(a,p) is the greatest such kk…

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For which integers a≥1a\geq 1 and primes pp is there a finite upper bound on those kk such that there are a=a1<⋯<ana=a_1<\cdots<a_n with pk∣(a1!+⋯+an!)?p^k \mid (a_1!+\cdots+a_n!)? If f(a,p)f(a,p) is the greatest such kk, how does this function behave? Is there a prime pp and an infinite sequence a1<a2<⋯a_1<a_2<\cdots such that if pmkp^{m_k} is the highest power of pp dividing ∑i≤kai!\sum_{i\leq k}a_i! then mk→∞m_k\to \infty?

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