Abstract
We study the sum of the rth powers of the descent set statistic and how many small prime factors occur in these numbers. Our results depend upon the base p expansion of n and r.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Advances in Applied Mathematics |
Volume | 96 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank the referee for comments on an earlier version of this paper. This work was supported by a grant from the Simons Foundation (# 429370 , Richard Ehrenborg).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Base p expansion
- Descent set statistic
- Number of prime factors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Mathematics