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Re:Storing binary data in playing cards (2014) by rmgk on Sunday March 03, 2024 @05:30PM (#39585144)
The 2-adic valuation is about how often 2 is a prime factor of a number.

For just 52 for example 2 is a prime factor twice, because (52/2)/2 = 13, which is no longer divisible by 2.

Or in other words 52! / (2^49) is an integer, but 52! / (2^50) is not, thus 49 is the correct answer.

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