Legendre's Formula

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Legendre's formula states that

\[e_p(n)=\sum_{i\geq 1} \lfloor \dfrac{n}{p^1}\rfloor =\frac{n-S_{p}(n)}{p-1}\]

where $e_p(n)$ is the exponent of $p$ in the prime factorization of $n!$, and $S_p(n)$ is the sum of the digits of n when written in base $p$.

Proof

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