The integrality of the Genocchi numbers obtained through a new identity and other results

Abstract

In this note, we investigate some properties of the integer sequence of general term $a_n := \sum_{k = 0}^{n - 1} k! (n - k - 1)!$ ($\forall n \geq 1$) to derive a new identity of the Genocchi numbers $G_n$ ($n \in \mathbb{N}$), which immediately shows that $G_n \in \mathbb{Z}$ for any $n \in \mathbb{N}$. In another direction, we obtain nontrivial lower bounds for the $2$-adic valuations of the rational numbers $\sum_{k = 1}^{n} \frac{2^k}{k}$.