On the Digits of Partition Functions

Abstract

We study a problem of Douglass and Ono concerning the smallest integer n such that the partition function p(n) begins with a specified string of digits f in base b. By employing an elementary discrepancy framework, we establish new upper bounds that significantly improve upon previous results of Luca.

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