Distribution of factorials modulo p
classification
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bmodclassesfracresiduesequencesqrtaveragebound
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We prove that the sequence $n!\,(\bmod\,p)$ occupies at least $\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}N}$ residue classes in the short interval $H\le n \le H+N$ and $N\gg p^{\frac{1}{4}}$ improving previously known trivial bound $\sqrt{N}.$ In the other direction, we estimate the average number of residue classes missed by the sequence $n!\,(\bmod\,p)$ for $p\le x.$
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