Congruence Classes of 2-adic Valuations of Stirling Numbers of the Second Kind

Authors

Curtis Bennett, Loyola Marymount UniversityFollow
Edward Mosteig, Loyola Marymount UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

We analyze congruence classes of S(n,k), the Stirling numbers of the second kind, modulo powers of 2. This analysis provides insight into a conjecture posed by Amdeberhan, Manna and Moll, which those authors established for k at most 5. We provide a framework that can be used to justify the conjecture by computational means, which we then complete for values of k between 5 and 20.

Publisher Statement

© The Authors 2013.

Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation

B. Bennett & E. Mosteig, Congruence classes of 2-adic valuations of Stirling numbers of the second kind, Journal of Integer Sequences, 16, no. 3, (2013), Article 13.3.6.