A115627 Irregular triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = multiplicity of prime(k) as a divisor of n!.

1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, 1, 7, 2, 1, 1, 7, 4, 1, 1, 8, 4, 2, 1, 8, 4, 2, 1, 1, 10, 5, 2, 1, 1, 10, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 11, 5, 2, 2, 1, 1, 11, 6, 3, 2, 1, 1, 15, 6, 3, 2, 1, 1, 15, 6, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 16, 8, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 16, 8, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1

Offset: 2

Author

Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jan 26 2006

Keywords

• nonn
• tabf

Comments

The factorization of n! is n! = 2^T(n,1)*3^T(n,2)*...*p_(pi(n))^T(n,pi(n)) where p_k = k-th prime, pi(n) = A000720(n).

Nonzero terms of A085604; T(n,k) = A085604(n,k), k = 1..A000720(n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 01 2013

For n=2, 3, 4 and 5, all terms of the n-th row are odd. Are there other such rows? - Michel Marcus, Nov 11 2018

From Gus Wiseman, May 15 2019: (Start)

Differences between successive rows are A067255, so row n is the sum of the first n row-vectors of A067255 (padded with zeros on the right so that all n row-vectors have length A000720(n)). For example, the first 10 rows of A067255 are

{}

1

0 1

2 0

0 0 1

1 1 0

0 0 0 1

3 0 0 0

0 2 0 0

1 0 1 0

with column sums (8,4,2,1), which is row 10.

(End)

For all prime p > 7, 3*p > 2*nextprime(p), so for any n > 21 there will always be a prime p dividing n! with exponent 2 and there are no further rows with all entries odd. - Charlie Neder, Jun 03 2019

Examples

			From _Gus Wiseman_, May 09 2019: (Start)
Triangle begins:
   1
   1  1
   3  1
   3  1  1
   4  2  1
   4  2  1  1
   7  2  1  1
   7  4  1  1
   8  4  2  1
   8  4  2  1  1
  10  5  2  1  1
  10  5  2  1  1  1
  11  5  2  2  1  1
  11  6  3  2  1  1
  15  6  3  2  1  1
  15  6  3  2  1  1  1
  16  8  3  2  1  1  1
  16  8  3  2  1  1  1  1
  18  8  4  2  1  1  1  1
(End)
m such that 5^m||101!: floor(log(101)/log(5)) = 2 terms. floor(101/5) = 20. floor(20/5) = 4. So m = u_1 + u_2 = 20 + 4 = 24. - _David A. Corneth_, Jun 22 2014
		

Links

• T. D. Noe, Rows n = 2..300, flattened
• H. T. Davis, Tables of the Mathematical Functions, Vols. 1 and 2, 2nd ed., 1963, Vol. 3 (with V. J. Fisher), 1962; Principia Press of Trinity Univ., San Antonio, TX. [Annotated scan of pages 204-208 of Volume 2.] See Table 2 on page 206.
• Wenguang Zhai, On the prime power factorization of n!, Journal of Number Theory, Volume 129, Issue 8, August 2009, pages 1820-1836.
• Index entries for sequences related to factorial numbers

Crossrefs

Row lengths are A000720.

Row-sums are A022559.

Row-products are A135291.

Row maxima are A011371.

Columns include A011371, A054861, A027868, A054896, A090617, A064458, A090620.

Cf. A090622, A090623, A000142, A115628.

Cf. A085604, A141809.

Cf. A034876, A067255, A071626, A076934, A322583, A325272, A325273, A325276, A325508, A325509.

Programs

Haskell

a115627 n k = a115627_tabf !! (n-2) !! (k-1)
a115627_row = map a100995 . a141809_row . a000142
a115627_tabf = map a115627_row [2..]
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 01 2013

Maple

A115627 := proc(n,k) local d,p; p := ithprime(k) ; n-add(d,d=convert(n,base,p)) ; %/(p-1) ; end proc: # R. J. Mathar, Oct 29 2010

Mathematica

Flatten[Table[Transpose[FactorInteger[n!]][[2]], {n, 2, 20}]] (* T. D. Noe, Apr 10 2012 *)
T[n_, k_] := Module[{p, jm}, p = Prime[k]; jm = Floor[Log[p, n]]; Sum[Floor[n/p^j], {j, 1, jm}]]; Table[Table[T[n, k], {k, 1, PrimePi[n]}], {n, 2, 20}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 23 2015 *)

PARI

a(n)=my(i=2);while(n-primepi(i)>1,n-=primepi(i);i++);p=prime(n-1);sum(j=1,log(i)\log(p),i\=p) \\ David A. Corneth, Jun 21 2014

Formula

T(n,k) = Sum_{i=1..inf} floor(n/(p_k)^i). (Although stated as an infinite sum, only finitely many terms are nonzero.)

T(n,k) = Sum_{i=1..floor(log(n)/log(p_k))} floor(u_i) where u_0 = n and u_(i+1) = floor((u_i)/p_k). - David A. Corneth, Jun 22 2014