%0 Journal Article %T Asymptotic valuations of sequences satisfying first order recurrences %A T. Amdeberhan %A L. Medina %A Victor H. Moll %J Mathematics %D 2007 %I arXiv %X Let t[n] be a sequence that satisfies a first order homogeneous recurrence t[n] = Q[n]*t[n-1], where Q is a polynomial with integer coefficients. The asymptotic behavior of the p-adic valuation of t[n] is described under the assumption that all the roots of Q in Z/pZ have nonvanishing derivative. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2289v1