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VeryLargeIntegers (version 0.2.1)

13. Legrendre's Formula: Legrendre's Formula for vli Objects

Description

Given a positive integer n and a prime p, the Legendre's Formula finds the largest integer x such that p^x divides the factorial of n, n!.

Usage

Legendre(n, p)

# S3 method for default Legendre(n, p)

# S3 method for numeric Legendre(n, p)

# S3 method for vli Legendre(n, p)

Value

object of class vli

Arguments

n

a positive integer; object of class vli or 32 bits integer

p

a prime number; object of class vli or 32 bits integer

Author

Javier Leiva Cuadrado

Examples

Run this code
p <- as.vli(577)
is.prime(p)
Legendre(12222, p)

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