On the sum of digits of the factorial

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2014.09.003zbMATH Open1395.11025arXiv1409.4912OpenAlexW2036001328MaRDI QIDQ472880FDOQ472880

Authors: Carlo Sanna 

Publication date: 20 November 2014

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let b > 1 be an integer and denote by s_b(m) the sum of the digits of the positive integer m when is written in base b. We prove that s_b(n!) > C_b log n log log log n for each integer n > e, where C_b is a positive constant depending only on b. This improves of a factor log log log n a previous lower bound for s_b(n!) given by Luca. We prove also the same inequality but with n! replaced by the least common multiple of 1,2,...,n.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.4912

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zbMATH Keywords

factorialsum of digitsbase \(b\) representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Arithmetic functions; related numbers; inversion formulas (11A25) Radix representation; digital problems (11A63) Asymptotic results on arithmetic functions (11N37)

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