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Electron. J. Combin.
18(2) (2012), Article P37, 83 pp,
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A
method for determining the mod-2k behaviour of
recursive sequences, with applications to subgroup counting
(66 pages)
Abstract.
We present a method to obtain congruences modulo powers of 2 for
sequences given by recurrences of finite
depth with polynomial coefficients. We apply this method to
Catalan numbers, Fuß-Catalan numbers, and to subgroup counting
functions associated with Hecke groups and their lifts.
This leads to numerous new results, including many extensions
of known results to higher powers of 2.
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