$\exp(2)$ does not converge $2$-adically.

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We have $\exp(2)= \sum_{i=0}^n {\frac{2^n}{n!}}$.

I am trying to show that $\exp(2)$ does not converge $2$-adically.

i.e. I need to show $\nu_2 (\frac{2^n}{n!})$ does not tend to $\infty$ as $n\to \infty$, where $\nu_p (x) = \max$ { $a : p^a $divides $x$ }.

$\nu_p (x)$ is $\infty$ only when $x$ is $0$.

However, since $\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{2^n}{n!}=0$, I'll have $\nu_2 (\frac{2^n}{n!})\to \infty$ and hence $\exp(2)$ does converge $2$-adically, which is the exact opposite of what I'm trying to prove.

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$\nu_{2}(\frac{2^{n}}{n!})$ does not go to infinity as n goes to infinity. The function is unbounded, true, but it is not monotonically increasing with $n$. It drops when $n$ hits a power of $2$ and gives you a lot of factors of $2$ in the factorial. In fact $\nu_{2}(\frac{2^{n}}{n!})$ drops all the way down to $1$ when $n$ is a power of $2$.

The exponential function converges in $2$-adics when the argument is a multiple of $4$.