Uniform Distribution Theory
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Uniform Distribution Theory


Volume
& Issue

Volume 21, Issue 1


Published
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June 4, 2026


Pages

1-14


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Article

Binary-Ternary Collisions and the Last Significant Digit of 𝒏! in Base 12

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Authors

Jean-Marc Deshouillers Affiliation:
Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux, Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP and CNRS, 33405 Talence, France.
, Pascal Jelinek Affiliation:
Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Strasse 18, 8700 Leoben, Austria
and Lukas Spiegelhofer Affiliation:
Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Strasse 18, 8700 Leoben, Austria


Abstract

The third-named author recently proved
[Israel J. of Math. 258 (2023), 475–502] that there are infinitely many
collisions of the base-2 and base-3 sum-of-digits functions.
In other words, the equation

$$
s_2(n)=s_3(n)
$$

admits infinitely many solutions in natural numbers. We refine this
result and prove that every integer
\( a \in \{1,2,\ldots,11\} \)
appears as the last nonzero digit of \( n! \) in base 12 infinitely often.


Keywords

Sums of digits in bases 2 and 3, last significant digit of n!.


Citation

Deshouillers, J., Jelinek, P., & Spiegelhofer, L. (2026). Binary-ternary collisions and the last significant digit of 𝒏! in base 12. Uniform Distribution Theory, 21(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.66833/UDT-2026-0004
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