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Binomial coefficients are (almost) never powers

  • Aigner M
  • Ziegler G
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (2018), 15-18
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-57265-8_3
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Abstract

There is an epilogue to Bertrand’s postulate which leads to a beautiful result on binomial coefficients. In 1892 Sylvester strengthened Bertrand’s postulate in the following way:

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Aigner, M., & Ziegler, G. M. (2018). Binomial coefficients are (almost) never powers. In Proofs from THE BOOK (pp. 15–18). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57265-8_3

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