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The Mathematical ExplorerTM (2001)

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IntegerExponent

  • IntegerExponent[ n , b ] gives the highest power of b that divides n.
  • IntegerExponent[ n ] is equivalent to IntegerExponent[ n , 10].
  • IntegerExponent[ n , b ] gives the number of trailing zeros in the digits of n in base b.
  • See The Mathematica Book on the web:Section 3.1.3 and Section 3.2.4.
  • See also: IntegerDigits, FactorInteger.