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

DOI10.1016/S0166-218X(97)00132-7zbMATH Open0897.05001MaRDI QIDQ1383371FDOQ1383371

Authors: 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

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zbMATH Keywords

fixed pointdynamics of functionsGergonne \(p\)-pile problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Other designs, configurations (05B30) Fixed-point theorems (47H10)

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