Is there any way to calculate the powers of 2 and 5 in a product of consecutive $n$ numbers, if given $l$ and $r$.
i.e Suppose $x = l \times (l+1) \times (l+2) \times ...... \times (r-1) \times r$, Then if $x = 2^{p_1}.3^{p_2}.5^{p_3}.7^{p_4}....$, So I am interested a direct way of calculating $p_1$ and $p_3$ with just $l$ and $r$
I am just curious about it. I just want $2$ & $5$, but if there is a general solution for any prime number, It would be great if you mention that.
Answer
Let, us define the product of first $n$ integers by $n!$.
Now,highest power of prime $p$ contained in $n!$ is given by-
$$p_{\text{highest power}}=\lfloor\frac{n}{p^1}\rfloor+\lfloor\frac{n}{p^2}\rfloor+\lfloor\frac{n}{p^3}\rfloor+...+\lfloor\frac{n}{p^n}\rfloor$$ where $p^n\leq n$ and $\lfloor x\rfloor$ is the greatest integer function.
For more information see this-De Polignac's Formula.
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