The Gergonne \(p\)-pile problem and the dynamics of the function \(x\mapsto\lfloor (x + r)/p\rfloor\)

DOI10.1016/S0166-218X(97)00132-7zbMath0897.05001MaRDI QIDQ1383371

D. Massart

Publication date: 2 June 1998

Published in: Discrete Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/dam

zbMATH Keywords

fixed point; dynamics of functions; Gergonne \(p\)-pile problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

05A10: Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions

47H10: Fixed-point theorems

05B30: Other designs, configurations