Asymptotic valuations of sequences satisfying first order recurrences

by Tewodros Amdeberhan, Luis A. Medina and Victor H. Moll

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137, 2009, 885-890.
Let \(t_n\) be a sequence that satisfies a first order homogeneous recurrence \(t_n = Q(n)t_{n-1}\), where \(Q\) is a polynomial with integer coefficients. We describe the asymptotic behavior of the \(p\)-adic valuation of \(t_n\).

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